mikeyhsd
Mon Apr 02 09:43:53 CDT 2007
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have triple booted xp pro x-64, vista 64 and vista 32.
all was well till the vista 32 wanted to activate after the vista 64 had =
done so and got the key in use message as expected.
mikeyhsd@comcast.net
"edsager" <edsager@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message =
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Hello All,
I currenlty have a dual boot system with XP Pro 32-bit and Vista =
Ultimate=20
32-bit. I have 23 days left on the Vista OS before I need to activate =
or=20
rearm. I was wondering if anyone has had any experience with =
triple-booting=20
with XP Pro 32-bit, Vista 32-bit and Vista 64-bit. =20
Obviously, I would not activate either Vista installation until I made =
a=20
decision as to what is best for my situation, but I am concerned about =
booting difficulties, loss of restore points and especially whether =
using the=20
disk management tools with Vista (i.e., partition manager) will =
destroy my=20
partitions when creating a new partition for the Vista 64-bit.
What do you all think? Too many problems? Interesting idea for =
testing=20
purposes? Do not do it? Anything else?
Thank you,
edsager
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<DIV>"edsager" <<A=20
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wrote in message <A=20
=
href=3D"news:CCAD2592-B1F2-4F0B-9441-D8A3FE9B7405@microsoft.com">news:CCA=
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All,<BR><BR>I currenlty have a dual boot system with XP Pro 32-bit and =
Vista=20
Ultimate <BR>32-bit. I have 23 days left on the Vista OS before =
I need=20
to activate or <BR>rearm. I was wondering if anyone has had any=20
experience with triple-booting <BR>with XP Pro 32-bit, Vista 32-bit =
and Vista=20
64-bit. <BR><BR>Obviously, I would not activate either Vista=20
installation until I made a <BR>decision as to what is best for my =
situation,=20
but I am concerned about <BR>booting difficulties, loss of restore =
points and=20
especially whether using the <BR>disk management tools with Vista =
(i.e.,=20
partition manager) will destroy my <BR>partitions when creating a new=20
partition for the Vista 64-bit.<BR><BR>What do you all think? =
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problems? Interesting idea for testing <BR>purposes? Do =
not do=20
it? Anything else?<BR><BR>Thank =
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