[Nickeatworld]

Hi there,

I am currently using Windows Vista Ultimate (32bit) and would like to play World of Warcraft however my Intel 82865g chipset doesn't have recent drivers available and it is currently incompatible with windows Vista.

So, I want to create a partition with XP installed so that the drivers will work and I can play WoW.

However, despite being able to create a partition, I cannot find a way of installing Win XP. I have tried booting from an XP CD but my PC seems to give up and move onto booting from the hard-disk instead and starts up Vista. Why can't I boot from the CD?

Does anyone know how I can successfully install XP on a separate partition with Vista already installed or am I going to have to format and do it the long way, starting with XP and partitioning Vista?

Thanks

[kama64]

I think I read that XP has to be installed before Vista..for the dual partition to work correctly

[Deb123]

Not a computer tech but I thought I was having a Vista compatibility problem and
had heard about the dule partition and called Microsoft tect support (as new computer)
and was told by them it was not a problem, to get xp and call back and they would
connect me to their tech support to assist me. So according to them you can but
guy might not of known.


Deb123

[uhaligani]

Its a regular query these days. MS seemed to have made it harder than it should be. There are a few postings around this forum, explaining the procedure. But here is a very detailed one:
http://apcmag.com/5023/dual_booting_xp_with_vista

[Nickeatworld]

Thanks for the replies,

I seem to get stuck at the boot from CD step. I've done it before a thousand times
but for some reason my PC wont boot from the XP CD. Is it because I am running a newer
version of windows that it wont let me?

I've configured the boot sequence properly in BIOS and tried to start it from the boot menu.

Any Ideas?