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Partition help PLZ by vaccination on 06-20-2006 at 07:09 PM
Okay, i want to partition my HDD so i can put Vista on a seperate partition to XP.
Can someone please direct me to a good programe (and tell me how to use it).
Also will i be able too choose which i use on startup?
PS: i have allready searched google and download.com and searched these forums.
Thank you for your help....sorry to be a pain
RE: Partition help PLZ by MX-G on 06-20-2006 at 07:11 PM
Norton Partition Magic 8, is excelent and very easy to use, excelent graphics, etc 
RE: Partition help PLZ by vaccination on 06-20-2006 at 07:18 PM
Anyway i can get it for free?? or another programe for free?
RE: Partition help PLZ by MX-G on 06-20-2006 at 07:23 PM
no it isnt free, but there is a lot of p2p hehehe
RE: Partition help PLZ by vaccination on 06-20-2006 at 07:25 PM
I see lol
Also 1 last thing will i be able to choose whether i use XP or Vista when i first start my PC up?
RE: Partition help PLZ by MX-G on 06-20-2006 at 07:29 PM
yes, because boot.ini changes when you install vista 
RE: Partition help PLZ by ins4ne on 06-20-2006 at 07:34 PM
free partition manager maybe it can help you...
RE: Partition help PLZ by jordanspringer on 06-20-2006 at 07:38 PM
as long as you are using windows xp for starters, then partition your harddrive, install vista on the second partition. about the boot.ini, you'll realize there isnt one in vista, so its a little tricky going into vista and configuring the dual boot, its dooable though. When i started my computer it would ask if i wanted to start "Microsoft Windows" or "Microsoft Windows XP". believe it or not the windows xp one was vista, and the microsoft windows was the xp OS.
Vista has a DOS utility to help you mess around with the new boot.ini files