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    Can get both VISTA & XP inside our beautiful SZ?

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by obk, May 21, 2007.

  1. obk

    obk Newbie

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    Hi guys,

    I am looking to get SZ soon. I am also aware of the VISTA problems, my working environment also makes it important to have XP to run the softwares. I have got an idea to enjoy both VISTA and XP on the beautiful SZ but I am not sure whether it will work. Cause if we do a full downgrade from VISTA to XP some of the drivers are not available, e.g the web camera. So I am thinking of getting the best of both VISTA and XP into our SZ.

    Can we do a partition in the hard disk then install XP into the partitioned drive. In that case we can toggle between the 2 OS during startup. So when we bring our SZ to work we boot up using XP, but off work we can enjoy the new functions by booting up using VISTA. I have heard ppl doing this but I have not tried it on myself. Anyone can offer advice?

    Regards
     
    obk, May 21, 2007
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  2. roor

    roor Notebook Deity

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    of course you could partition the drive and put xp pro on it. many people already do that with xp/linux, vista/linux, xp/vista and sometimes even osx.
     
    roor, May 21, 2007
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    obk Newbie

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    but will it strain the laptop and shorten the battery life or make it more vulnerable to crash?
     
    obk, May 21, 2007
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    Rahul Notebook Prophet

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    No, not at all, only downside is you have less freespace on the hard drive. :eek:
     
    Rahul, May 21, 2007
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    obk Newbie

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    hmm so during start up we can actually chose which os to boot up with? guess i better find some experts to help me with the partition and the installation of XP into the partitioned disk. I was pretty afraid before as i heard scary stories about having 2 OS very easy to crash and the laptop would be very laggy and slow.
     
    obk, May 21, 2007
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