GaryBr
Good afternoon ladies & gentleman,
A minute or two of your time to ponder my question would be much appreciated.
My Toshiba laptop came with an OEM version of Vista, which will only format and install itself automatically (like most laptops these days i think)
I can't put the disc in and create a another installation from it for dual boot. Hope you are with me so far . . .
I have 2 hard drives in my laptop. If I took out the drives and swapped them around, would the Toshiba/Vista disc I have then install windows on the second drive ok? Then I could swap them back, both having a Vista installation on them, use VistaBoot Pro to find both OS and set the MBR for dual boot.
Am I talking bollox or is this possible?
Gary
A minute or two of your time to ponder my question would be much appreciated.
My Toshiba laptop came with an OEM version of Vista, which will only format and install itself automatically (like most laptops these days i think)
I can't put the disc in and create a another installation from it for dual boot. Hope you are with me so far . . .
I have 2 hard drives in my laptop. If I took out the drives and swapped them around, would the Toshiba/Vista disc I have then install windows on the second drive ok? Then I could swap them back, both having a Vista installation on them, use VistaBoot Pro to find both OS and set the MBR for dual boot.
Am I talking bollox or is this possible?
Gary
发表时间 Tue 22 Apr 08 @ 8:16 am
djcel
Yes of course, it's possible.
Personnaly I only use one HD divided in 3 partitions (one for each OS I use) so I still have access to the second HD which I use for my data
I prefer using EasyBCD for multiboot
Personnaly I only use one HD divided in 3 partitions (one for each OS I use) so I still have access to the second HD which I use for my data
I prefer using EasyBCD for multiboot
发表时间 Tue 22 Apr 08 @ 9:57 am
GaryBr
Why thank you Mr Cel :)
So, tell me more. Should I just have one drive in at a time when doing it? 1 drive in, load Vsita and remove it and put the 2nd drive in and load Vista, then put both back?
You'll have to excuse my ignorance on this matter.
Gary
So, tell me more. Should I just have one drive in at a time when doing it? 1 drive in, load Vsita and remove it and put the 2nd drive in and load Vista, then put both back?
You'll have to excuse my ignorance on this matter.
Gary
发表时间 Tue 22 Apr 08 @ 10:07 am
djcel
No it's useless to disconnect the HD
Just select the partition where to install the OS during the install process
Just select the partition where to install the OS during the install process
发表时间 Tue 22 Apr 08 @ 10:17 am
GaryBr
Thats the problem, the installation disc doesn't give that option. Its a Vista recovery disk and installs a Vista image on the C drive. The idea i'm having is once its done that, swap the drives and let it install it again on the other drive too.
Gary
Gary
发表时间 Tue 22 Apr 08 @ 10:20 am
GaryBr
Am i making sense to anyone?
发表时间 Tue 22 Apr 08 @ 3:13 pm
discobrian24
You arent gonna be able to do it with the Recovery disc. You need to buy Vista (upgrade) and do a Fresh Install. During this install you need to make your first partition. Then after the install you can create more if needed. Now you can use the upgrade disc to install a fresh install IF AND ONLY IF you install the Vista as a TRIAL first, meaning when it asks for your code, you don't put the code in. Then it asks you which version you bought, this part you need to make sure you get right. After the TRIAL is installed you need to UPGRADE the TRIAL install and enter your key code. Any ???s feel free to ask:)
发表时间 Tue 22 Apr 08 @ 7:07 pm