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    Dual Booting Vista and XP on Asus F3SC

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by timremix, Nov 15, 2008.

  1. timremix

    timremix Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey guys, I just want to know if there's a guide for doing exactly what the title says? I found one (in this forum) that tells how to install XP but it doesn't say how to dual boot. I also found one (at the Asus forums) that explains how to dual boot but I don't think it explains it very clearly and one of the posters said that the guide shouldn't be trusted. I want to dual boot because I want to see if there are any significant increase in battery life (which is my main motive for moving back to XP) and I want to see if my graphic intensive programs will work better because the Nvidia driver doesn't work well at all with vista. Thanks!
     
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    timremix Notebook Enthusiast

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    thanks! :D
     
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    NZwaverider Notebook Deity

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    that's a good guide, I did a dual boot XP-Vista on my girlfriends F3J.

    My only advice, partition your HDD using another computer first, its much easier.

    Its quite a hassle installing then repartitioning, I must have done it unsucessfully 3-4 times, before I end up going to the store and bying a SATA-USB connector (as my Laptop and HDD cases are all PATA). after it was fully partitioned it was easy!
     
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    Or just get any DOS or Linux bootable CD, boot from it, and make the partitions as you like them using qtparted (Linux) or FDISK (DOS).
     
    E.B.E., Nov 16, 2008
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