dual boot vista and XP

I solved most of my problems. Hp says doing a duel boot will void the warranty. (Do a recovery before sending it back.) The other issue when I installed XP I cannot enable sata driver in XP, it works in vista. I know you have to use a external floppy drive with the hp sata software to make it work or have xp software dvd with the sata software. My question/// is there another way to enable the sata driver for XP . It's in the partition with vista and not in the xp partition.

 

You can use nLite to slipstream it in if you have a Windows disc.

 

yup ive just done that with nLite 2 days ago. worked perfectly. and to ZaZ you can put in as many drivers as you can right? on the custom windows xp disc?
cause i was just new with it and i only put in the hdd drivers. also will a slipstreamed win xp disc void your warranty? cause im running it right now and i have to say its so much quicker on boots and shutdown and the start menu>programs is so clean!yay only the programs i need now.

and to denmick, really? u sure that dual booting will void your warranty? even if both OS' you have installed are the legal versions?
what if you buy a hard drive for your notebook, and you switch hard drives will that void your warranty? because hp shows a tutorial on how to do it on their site. so my question is how can dual booting void warranty,and switching the hard drive itself (which stores the OS') not be?

 

oh yeah and if what u say is true, then doing a recovery will set everything back to normal? even if you have 2 separate partitions? so if i do a recovery then vista will be deleted? (just in case i run into problems and need to send it back)

also i heard that if you do have some notebook problems then if u send it back and it happens to be hardware related you could take out the hard drive before you send it.

 

Yes, there are quite a few options including things that are not drivers.

 

I called tech support yesterday with a question. I then asked him if I could duel boot my hard drive and he said it would void my warranty. Now to use nlite I will have to re due xp and put in whatever drivers I need on to a disc. So my current duel boot XP will be completely gone is that right. How much speed do I lose if sata is not enabled in the bios. I really do not see any difference now with it not enabled. I do from time to time enable it in vista and do not see a difference.
What version of nite lite are you guys using.

 

I am trying to understand the nlite software. I do not see instructions on how to use it. I put my operating system in a folder and am trying to put the ata controller and some of the sw folders in there. It seems like you can only put in inf files.

 

I was able to put sata controller in a new folder with the operating system. I played around with the primary ide channel in the device manager and somehow I installed the sata drivers and rebooted and enabled the sata controller in the bios and both operating systems work with the sata enabled. The notebook came with vista and I did not have the drivers for xp sata controller. According to past posts all you have to do is after doing a clean install is go to the sw/folder and install the file in the hdd folder, update the driver in the primary ide channel.
Like I did above. My problem was I did not have sw/folder for XP. I could not find it on the HP site or any notebook forums. Does anybody have the sw/folders for dv6000t in XP or no where I could get them.

 

somebody most no where I can get swSetup files for dv6000t in XP

 

WHy would a dual boot void the warrenty? That makes no sence

 

That is what they tell me. There are ways around it. Most of the hp support people no little to nothing. they just cover the basics. When you have a difficult issue they tell you they will give you there advanced support for a fee of $49.95
That fee is even if it is still under warranty

 

did you read what he just wrote?
before you send it back make sure you do a recovery so it will be sent back to it's normal state. so basically they wont know the difference or know at all that you dual booted.

also is that why does HP allow you to upgrade the hard drive and not dual boot? thats one thing i don't get. they even show a video tutorial on their site. just weird.

 

I just received a vista upgrade for a desktop. EMachines and the instructions said you could install it by itself or over windows xp they said it would be better to do it by itself. I partitioned the hard drive and have a duel boot on it. It is a lot easier going from xp to vista. Vista to xp becomes a problem with the boot manager. Someone should call HP and get another answer on if duel boot voids the warranty.

 

okay, i found out it will NOT void your warranty if you dual boot. at least thats what i think, with the sources i have found on HP.com
here is the link> http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/genericDocument?docname=c00815955&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en&jumpid=reg_R1002_USEN

heres what it says...

HP and Compaq Desktop PCs - Dual Boot: Adding Windows Vista to a Computer with XP

Content starts here

This article pertains to HP and Compaq Desktop PCs with Windows XP and at least 40GB of unused disk space.
After deciding to upgrade to Windows Vista, you may find that certain software programs are incompatible with Vista. To continue using the software, Windows XP must be retained on the PC. You may also want to keep Windows XP as a backup operating system until you become more familiar with Windows Vista.
To use both Windows XP and Windows Vista on the same system, you must create a dual boot scenario.
A dual-boot scenario allows you to select the operating system you would like to use when the computer is powered on.
Use the following steps to create a Windows XP/Windows Vista dual-boot scenario:
NOTE: It may be a good idea to print these instructions for use while Windows is not available.

1.
With the Windows Vista upgrade DVD in a DVD drive, turn on the computer.
2.
Press any key on the keyboard when "Press any key to boot from CD/DVD" appears on the screen.
The text "Windows is loading files" appears with a progress indicator and eventually an "Install Windows" setup screen opens.
3.
Complete the initial Windows Setup Screens:
1.
Select or accept the default selections from the Language to install, Time and Currency format, and Keyboard or input method dropdown menus and then click Next.
2.
Click Install Now on the "Install Now" screen that opens.
3.
Enter the Windows Vista Product key into the field provided and click Next, or do the following:
1.
Remove the selection from Automatically activate Windows when I’m online and click Next.
Doing this means you will only have 30 days before you must activate or reinstall Vista.
2.
At the “Do you want to enter your Product key now?” screen, click No.
3.
Select a version of Vista that the computer is qualified to use.
4.
Select “I have selected the edition of Windows that I purchased”, click Next.
4.
After reading the license terms, select I accept the license terms to continue and then click Next.
4.
At the Installation Type screen, click Custom (advanced).
A "Where do you want to install Windows?" screen opens.
5.
Press the Shift + F10 keys to open a command prompt in an Administrator console.
6.
Using the command console, shrink the main volume used by Windows XP to allocate space for Vista as follows:
1.
At the command prompt, enter the following text: diskpart
2.
Wait for the "DISKPART>" command prompt to appear and then enter the following text: list vol
A list of storage device volumes is shown.
Figure 1: Example of volume information

6.
3.
From this list, write down the Volume number that will be used to make space. Typically, this will be the volume with the largest amount of space in Gigabytes (GB) and the volume that already contains XP (HP_PAVILION or PRESARIO).
CAUTION: Do not use the Recovery partition (HP_RECOVERY) if it is listed.
4.
Enter the following text at the prompt : Select Vol X
(Where X is the volume number that will be shrunk to accomodate the space needed by Vista)
5.
To create the space needed for Vista and shrink the size of the selected partition, enter the following text at the command prompt: shrink querymax
Text similar to the following should appear: The maximum number of reclaimable bytes is: XX GB
6.
From the number of reclaimable bytes that is listed, determine how much space you would like to allocate to Windows Vista. The amount of space taken will also reduce the amount of space for XP.
CAUTION: At the time of this writing, the suggested minimum amount of hard drive space for Vista is at least 4O GB leaving 15 GB free for normal use. Make sure the minimum space is at least 40 GB (40000 MB) or Windows Vista may not work as expected.
If the selected partition does not have enough space, you can restart the PC into Windows XP, remove enough software programs and files to make enough space, and then perform these steps again.
7.
Enter the following text at the prompt : shrink desired=#
(Where # is the amount of space in Megabytes that you want to use for Vista.)
For example, entering "shrink desired=60000" will free 60 GB of new space for Vista and reduce the current partion on the selected volume by 60 GB.
8.
The disk is now prepared to accept Vista. Enter the following at the command prompt to exit the disk partition utility: exit
9.
Enter the following at the command prompt to close the console window: exit
7.
The screen returns to "Where do want to install Windows?" Click Refresh to update the unallocated disk space.
8.
Select the new unallocated space by clicking the appropriate volume and click Next.
Windows Vista installs.

Complete the Windows Vista installation by filling out the setup screens as prompted. Once Vista is fully installed you are done. You will notice that you are now prompted to select an operating system whenever the computer is started.
If you would like to change the titles of the Windows in the startup list, complete the following optional steps:

1.
Start Windows Vista.
2.
Click Start , All Programs, and then Accessories.
3.
Right-click Command Prompt, and then select Run as administrator.
4.
A "User Account Control" window appears. Click Continue.
A command console appears.
5.
Enter the following text at the command prompt, including the title of the Windows XP version that you are currently using in quotation marks: BCDEDIT /set {ntldr} description "Windows XP Home Edition"
NOTE: Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Professional Edition, and Windows XP Media Center Edition are good examples of what you can be entered between the quotation marks.
6.
Enter the following text at the command prompt, including the title of the operating system that you would like to see in quotation marks: BCDEDIT /set {current} description "Windows Vista Home Premium Edition"
NOTE: Windows Vista Home Basic Edition, Windows Vista Home Premium Edition, Windows Vista Business Edition, and Windows Vista Ultimate Edition are good examples of what can be entered between the quotation marks.
7.
To close the command window, enter the following text at the command prompt: exit
8.
Restart the computer and make sure that the selection names match the Windows versions. For example, make sure that Windows Vista does not open Windows XP and vice versa.
You are finished. You can use either XP or Vista when starting your computer.
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so if they give a tutorial on how to dual boot on their products then of course wont void your warranty.

 

I lot of instructions to follow. I like partition manager when done just put your
upgrade disc in and select the drive you partationed and go. You will if you want set after done windows xp edition or it will say when you boot up windows vista or other operating system there you put windows xp