Dual boot SP-3 & Vista

Running XP Professional SP-2.
Created second partition on hard drive to install Vista.
SP-3 just released.
Are there additional issues with SP-3 running a dualboot with Vista on
second partition?
Should I NOT upgrade to SP-3 given that SP-2 is working well before
installing Vista?




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daveiosys

On Fri, 9 May 2008 19:53:02 +0100, daveiosys
<daveiosys.26a89af@computerbanter.com> wrote:

>
>Running XP Professional SP-2.
>Created second partition on hard drive to install Vista.
>SP-3 just released.
>Are there additional issues with SP-3 running a dualboot with Vista on
>second partition?
>Should I NOT upgrade to SP-3 given that SP-2 is working well before
>installing Vista?

Do one thing at a time, either upgrade to SP3 and test the
result of that (so you know you have at least one viable OS
for your use/needs) for awhile before installing vista, - OR
- leave the XP installation static and install Vista and
test that before XP's SP3.

In general, no, installing SP3 for XP should not pose any
addt'l problems with a dual boot vista config. being added
as you wish to do.

kony wrote:
> daveiosys <daveiosys.26a89af@computerbanter.com> wrote:
>
>> Running XP Professional SP-2.
>> Created second partition on hard drive to install Vista. SP-3
>> just released. Are there additional issues with SP-3 running a
>> dualboot with Vista on second partition? Should I NOT upgrade
>> to SP-3 given that SP-2 is working well before installing Vista?
>
> Do one thing at a time, either upgrade to SP3 and test the
> result of that (so you know you have at least one viable OS
> for your use/needs) for awhile before installing vista, - OR
> - leave the XP installation static and install Vista and
> test that before XP's SP3.
>
> In general, no, installing SP3 for XP should not pose any addt'l
> problems with a dual boot vista config. being added as you wish
> to do.

Before installing Vista see what the world has to say about it:

<http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/vista_cost.txt>
<http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/423>
<http://www.schneier.com/crypto-gram-0702.html#8>
<http://www.aaxnet.com/editor/edit043.html>

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daveiosys wrote:
> Running XP Professional SP-2.
> Created second partition on hard drive to install Vista.
> SP-3 just released.
> Are there additional issues with SP-3 running a dualboot with Vista on
> second partition?
> Should I NOT upgrade to SP-3 given that SP-2 is working well before
> installing Vista?

Him

You posted back in April that you wondered whether Acronis Disk Director Suite
would allow you to run XP Professional and Vista via a startup menu at
boot time and I wondered if you have found out the answer yet and could let me
know how well it works when you have tried it ?

Thanks,

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