Dual Boot XPS M1330 with XP & Vista - EULA problem

Hi,

I have read several helpful posts on getting XP onto the M1330 and accordingly slipstreamed the SATA drivers into an XP ISO image using nlite (which I think went okay).

The problem that I have is installing on separate partition...When i bought the M1330, I requested that they partition it's 160GB 7200RPM drive. So there is 40 for the OS and 120 for the data.

The various methods for dual boot on the web say I should partition my primary drive with Vista's "Shrink Partition", but as the drive is already partitioned I then tried to install XP on my data drive. When I do to run my XP install , it prompts with a EULA error and forces me to cancel the installation. Searching on the web suggests that this is something to do with the drive not being formatted by XP, yet the drive is NTFS and should be recognised.

Any suggestions?

Many thanks
Adrian

 

Try using a vanilla XP disk? I've only seen that error when I modified the disk improperly in a slipstream...

 

My guess would be to use Vista's shrink partition, then use XP to reformat the new partition

 

Partitions shouldn't have anything to do with the XP CD saying it can't load the EULA... That file is stored on the disk itself... Also, the drive is already partitioned so there wouldn't be anything gained by using the Vista utility.

 

Right, but the OP said that the information found so far was that it had something to do with the drive not having been formatted by XP, so the thought was that the installer might work better if it were able to make its own partition.

 

Hi,

Many thanks frain and thain1982 for your replies. My apologies for my delayed reply. I have been away on a conference.

Frazell -
1. It's a Win XP with SP2 disk that was supplied to my company under the MS Empower program for ISV. I guess I could try one of the XP disks that I've got lying around from an OEM installation but I'm not sure if my Empower license key will work on it.

Thai1982 -
Unfortunately "Shrink partition" did not seem to be available when I right clicked on the disk. It gave a alterative option which escapes me right now. Is it possible to have more than one partition on the HDD?

Regards
adbell

 

Mine did not come partitioned. So when I reinstalled, I first installed Media Direct choosing Option 2 to partition the harddrive into 2 partitions. Then I installed Windows Vista on the first. After that, install Windows XP on the second. I used Gnome Partition editor after that to create a separate Data partition.
I tried using the Vista Shrink but you cannot control the partition size and it messed up my partitions.
I guess in your case, you should partition the data partition then install XP in the newly created partition.