Adi Posted November 9, 2008 Posted November 9, 2008 Following on from other post with software not being vista friendly ive looked at dual boot as recommended but have found virtual PC 2007 and virtualbox 2007. From what i read virtual pc does not support usb but virtualbox does. Has anyone used the above software? All i want is xp installed just to run 1 panel software program. (at present anyway) lads. Adi I really can't be ar**** with it anymore.
james.wilson Posted November 9, 2008 Posted November 9, 2008 If you want to virtualise then virtual pc or VMware VMware supports USB. But id suggest dualbooting. securitywarehouse Security Supplies from Security Warehouse Trade Members please contact us for your TSI vetted trade discount.
Adi Posted November 9, 2008 Author Posted November 9, 2008 Why james?? I really can't be ar**** with it anymore.
Adi Posted November 9, 2008 Author Posted November 9, 2008 I thought and have read, its a lot easier to install a virtual machine. Especially as it will be rarely used. I really can't be ar**** with it anymore.
Gopher Posted November 10, 2008 Posted November 10, 2008 Less messy maybe - pity they don't do a "Live CD" like they do with many version of Linux, would have it put cd in, boot it up and save all the panel settings to a USB pen drive. All though I have heard it is possible to boot XP from a USB stick. Only issue I'd see with any "Virutal PC" is how much RAM you have in the system as you'd still have to allow for vista to be part loaded into memory.. Dual booting isn't too hard it's just making sure that your XP partition is totally seperate from the Vista one, easy enough done with something like Partition Magic, I'd say 3Gb partition would do for XP, install programs I even think Partition Magic can set up Dual boot for you as well.. Intruder / CCTV / Access Control Technical Support Personal Subscriber to the "K.I.S.S" principle, that's Keep It Simple Stupid, are you?
Adi Posted November 10, 2008 Author Posted November 10, 2008 But am i not right in thinking that you cant add a partition, i have to start again thus wiping everything off and havivg to reload everything? I really can't be ar**** with it anymore.
Cubit Posted November 10, 2008 Posted November 10, 2008 But am i not right in thinking that you cant add a partition, i have to start again thus wiping everything off and havivg to reload everything? Yes, You can add another partition. However, if i recall correctly, the boot manager needs a bit of tweaking if Vista is already loaded.
james.wilson Posted November 10, 2008 Posted November 10, 2008 or an external usb hard drive IF your laptop supports booting from it securitywarehouse Security Supplies from Security Warehouse Trade Members please contact us for your TSI vetted trade discount.
Gopher Posted November 11, 2008 Posted November 11, 2008 External USB drive would be good, Partition Magic takes care of all that, you down size the existing partition by 3-4gb,add an new extended partition, if one doesn't exist - some put Recovery Partition as an extended partition, or expand the current extended partition to include the freed space, add new drive in to the space created. Sound more complex than it actually is.. 5 steps maybe in PM, boot magic does the hard stuff it still might need a kick since it's vista, never tested it with vista.. I did try and resize my Windows partition using the disk manager in windows it told me to get stuffed... If your not sure on what to do maybe local guru might do it for you, just make sure you've got a backup (I do know a few that claimed guru status but well hmm drive wiped everything lost, and I got rather annoyed at someone for it.) Intruder / CCTV / Access Control Technical Support Personal Subscriber to the "K.I.S.S" principle, that's Keep It Simple Stupid, are you?
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