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    Want to dual boot vista and xp

    Discussion in 'HP' started by cheeseloafings, Dec 17, 2007.

  1. cheeseloafings

    cheeseloafings Notebook Enthusiast

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    I purchased a hp pavilion dv6500t with preinstalled vista home premium and I am looking to dual boot it with XP. I heard that HP will send you a XP Professional recovery disk for $20 (may or may not be acurate).

    Can anyone confirm/deny this?
     
    cheeseloafings, Dec 17, 2007
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  2. sly

    sly m1530 owner!!!

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    u cant use the recovery disk. it is for ppl who already have xp installed from hp. u need to buy the edition from them or a shop
     
    sly, Dec 17, 2007
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    gridtalker Notebook Virtuoso

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    like the person above me said. You can't use the recovery disk
     
    gridtalker, Dec 17, 2007
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