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I question is can I use my Vista Ultimate on more than one drive? I will only be using it on ONE computer. I guess the question is two fold. 1. packages that are not as Vista compatible as they claim. I've tried Compaq's process using the recovery partition to restore the system to 'out of the box' conditions.

Problem in Windows multiboot
MS Digital Image Suite 10 runs fine on my Vista partition. I realize this does not answer your question but at least you know it is possible. There is a readme file on the install disk that offers some install tips. Sometimes script errors can be generated on a system that requires maintenance like.

Do not install drivers from Vista WU
... and uses the WIM image format so you can recover to any size partition from what I've read. So my questions for the guru's that have used this imagex program: 1. My XP installation is on a FAT32 drive, and Vista's imaging system will not deal with anything but NTFS. It therefore cannot even back up my Vista

extending the C: partition
I went today to my XP partition since I still have some legacy software in there and I need to resolve a few issues. Having monitored posts in this NG for about 7 weeks now I became much more aware of security issues. A lot of people around here badmouth Vista and exalt XP. They are all malware writers making a

Imaging a Vista Installation - Question for the guru's - imagex
When you launch Vista setup, you will be given the option to select drive/partition on which you would like to install Vista on. Hi Everyone, I've been looking all over the net and on the forums here and I can't find a definitive answer to my question, so here goes: Can I safely perform a clean install of

Quicken 2008 Deluxe Vista 64 bit - Couple of questions
Trust me, if I move a drive or a partition, this card house will not be repaired easily, it will have to have a new foundation before it can even be rebuilt! "John" wrote: Hi I need to disk image my vista so I can restore easy in case of a crash. I have two questions; 1. My vista drive has two partitions and

Allan/Janice - A Question
The "extend" option for the Vista partition is grayed out. I have Partition magic installed on my XP partition, but I am very reluctant to use it for this purpose due to poor reviews. Any response to this question would be greatly appreciated. Use a 3rd party utility to do this. Acronis Disk Director Suite version

Wireless internet speed faster in Vista :(
As i sated in my last post Vista adds the bootloader files to the C: drive. Now this is fine if you installed vista to the C partition, but as you have XP onboard too you would have had to Do my questions betray a lack of understanding of how Vista Backup and Restore work? How can I do what I want to do? Thanks.

Virtual PC 2007 question...
I want to divide my hard drive in 3 partitions, the first part to keep the Windows Vista already installed, the second part to install Ubuntu and the third one Question: Is Ubuntu installer that I have fallen allows this operation? Two things: First, it's a good idea to resize the vista partition from inside of

How to tell whether a new computer uses EFI or BIOS?
Since the first backup was small, it created only a large enough partition to store that, and now I can't do my backups to it. It is also slowing down the performance of my Vista. I think Vista is trying to use that drive as virtual memory - but it is full. Two questions: 1. Is there a way to enlarge the memory

Another Drive Letter Question
Although I thought to have defragmantation set automatically within Vista. Well, after the defragmantation of my Vista-partition, and working with 1.5 GB RAM, I can't use my multifunction device (printer, scanner, copier, fax) because there is no appropriate driver. I shall open another thread with that question.

Do not install drivers from Vista WU
... I simply shortcut to XP from the Vista desktop on a dual boot and that saves me time copying anything and also considerable space on my Vista drive. One of the most common questions I've seen asked here is if it's possible to hide the Windows Vista partition from Windows XP installations because of the bug

delete xp in dual boot
I then edited the Vista copy of boot.ini to the proper location of my XP (disk)(partition). In my case, my Vista disk is installed in SATA0 and XP in SATA1. So here's what everything looks like with it working well. /NoExecute=OptIn Thank you all for your help :). Let me know if you have any questions. --

IE7 or Firefox cannot play online videos on Vista
Now I erased (the only way to really test this feature) the drive where my vista partition was and tried to do a complete pc restore. So my question is simple. Should I mark the 'Complete PC backup/restore' as something not functional in Vista or there is hope to restore the volume in my backup IDE drive?

Bitlocker error msg
When I have seen Vista was released, I have bought a Vista Ultimate OEM version with a new graphics card, but before doing that I had backup all my files to a remote repository. Then I have formated all, and installed Vista Ultimate from a clean new partition. I have been able to activate it on February 9, until my

"Key Already in Use" Activation question
I then edited the Vista copy of boot.ini to the proper location of my XP (disk)(partition). In my case, my Vista disk is installed in SATA0 and XP in SATA1. So here's what everything looks like with it Windows XP" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn Thank you all for your help :). Let me know if you have any questions.

Cannot Restart Vista V
Questions: Is there any reason to triple-boot, adding one of the Linux derivatives? If so, which? FYI, I installed Ubuntu Edgy [one version old, Fiesty is out now] on my Vista-laden laptop. I used whatever comes on Edgy to partition my disk. About a month later, when I first tried starting Vista after the partition

RC1 5600 & Xbox 360 Help..
You are repeating an old question, going off on a tangent, your question already answered in a previous thread. As I posted in a previous thread, using hex zero is a For example, my Vista partition is 48 GB in size. Because of Vistas crappy OS, I have to back up the entire 48 GB, because Vista still scatters

Virtual memory too large how reduce it?
I just thought windows firewall was on. Anyway quick question. What do you use for anti virus? and do you know if AVG free works with Vista? Alan "Dana Cline - MVP" wrote: If you do a clean install, it will wipe everything in that partition. When I set up my beta box, I built three partitions...the biggest one

Can't extend my Vista Partition
"FoolsGold" <f...@gmail.com> wrote in message news:12rl9enqtvs6pd6@corp.supernews.com... johns wrote: the Vista partition is not NTFS Oh yes it is. A check of the Properties of my Vista partition says so. It is possible however that it's a slightly newer version of the NTFS filesystem, a little newer than what XP