[pchelpers] Re: Question Vista & XP

Yes you can you can use Acronis you will need version 11 for Vista -- to 
make another partition  without losing your present OS -or   you can down 
load virtual 2007 pc and run it in  the same OS-- its free 
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/virtualpc/overview.mspx
I have Acer Ferrari laptop  and done the above I never lost any data .


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Scott McNay" <wizard@xxxxxxxx>
To: "David Pysh" <pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2007 11:25 PM
Subject: [pchelpers] Re: Question Vista & XP


>
> Hi David,
>
> Wednesday, October 3, 2007, 7:33:33 AM, you wrote:
>
> DP> I bought a new laptop (Acer) with Windows Vista on it and now my
> DP> older mobile printers (Canon BJC 50 & BJC 80) will not work. Is
> DP> there any way I can also load Windows XP Pro on my machine (like a
> DP> dual boot system) without having to delete the Vista - just in
> DP> case I decide to use it exclusively in the future. I did not get
> DP> recovery disks with machine . If I just put the XP Pro disk in the
> DP> machine to load --it tells me the OS I have is newer and will not
> DP> load. I want to keep Vista on the machine also. Plse advise
>
> Why don't they work? What happens when you try them? Vista has drivers
> for them; I can see them listed on mine, as "Canon Bubble-Jet BJC-50"
> and "Canon Bubble-Jet BJC-80".  If you don't see them listed, you
> might try other Canon drivers of the same general class (such as other
> BJC drivers, but not imageRunner driver).
>
> You are supposed to install OSes in approximate order of introduction,
> so that Vista can be installed after XP (either an upgrade or in a
> separate partition), but not vice versa.
>
> In any event, you'd need a separate partition to install Windows to,
> in order to avoid overwriting stuff in Program Files.
>
> You should have an option on the menu somewhere for creating recovery
> discs; probably listed under "Acer" or something like that. If you
> don't see such, call Acer and ask, or look in whatever (if any)
> Getting Started documentation you got with it.
>
> -- 
> Scott.
>
>
>
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