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O.P. RE: Need to install Vista via Windows on the same partition without making my previous...
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That would have done is installed windows into a new directory, but all of the important files that are not in that directory (ntldr, ntdetect.com,
config.sys, the entire docs and settings folder) would all be replaced, rendering the previous install useless. That's what I meant in my first response about only having one functional OS per partition.
That could explain it, since I didn't try accessing the older Windows installations when I had done that (because they were broken anyway)
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I can't see why you cant just use a partitioning tool to add a new partition and install Vista that way...
Because my HDD is dirty and partition programs refuse to partition my HDD... :(
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Need to install Vista via Windows on the same partition without making my previous... - by Mike on 03-19-2007 at 10:42 PM
RE: Need to install Vista via Windows on the same partition without making my previous... - by MeEtc on 03-19-2007 at 10:47 PM
RE: Need to install Vista via Windows on the same partition without making my previous... - by Mike on 03-19-2007 at 10:58 PM
RE: Need to install Vista via Windows on the same partition without making my previous... - by MeEtc on 03-20-2007 at 02:17 AM
RE: Need to install Vista via Windows on the same partition without making my previous... - by Mike on 03-20-2007 at 01:25 PM
RE: Need to install Vista via Windows on the same partition without making my previou - by Eljay on 03-20-2007 at 01:46 PM
RE: Need to install Vista via Windows on the same partition without making my previous... - by Mike on 03-20-2007 at 02:22 PM
RE: Need to install Vista via Windows on the same partition without making my previous... - by Eljay on 03-20-2007 at 02:26 PM
RE: Need to install Vista via Windows on the same partition without making my previous... - by joemailey on 03-20-2007 at 02:34 PM
RE: RE: Need to install Vista via Windows on the same partition without making my pre - by Vilkku on 03-20-2007 at 03:00 PM
RE: Need to install Vista via Windows on the same partition without making my previou - by Mike on 03-20-2007 at 02:48 PM
RE: Need to install Vista via Windows on the same partition without making my previous... - by joemailey on 03-20-2007 at 03:27 PM


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