Thanks a lot for the info, I'll try this out. Justin ----- Original Message ----- From: D!J!X! To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2007 10:44 PM Subject: [ddots-l] Re: OT: Vista+JAWS8 You would have to format the hard drive in to 2 partitions using the xp cd and then install xp on the primary partition and then install vista, you have to install them from oldest to newest (well that's how it was with 2k and xp). If you need help/more info holla bak... HTH, D!J!X! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Justin Kauflin Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2007 6:17 PM To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ddots-l] OT: Vista+JAWS8 Hello, this is sort of off topic, but I purchased a Dell Laptop and wasn't given an option to get XP on as the operating system. I'm writing to find out if anyone else has ventured out into the new and unstable world of Windows Vista and how is that going? I would really like some help in getting this to work out a little better. I am hoping to get Sibelius and Sonar on this laptop and am very weary of huge conflicts. If nobody has any experience with Vista, would anybody have any suggestions on reinstalling XP on the same laptop on a different partition? Thanks for any help with this. Justin kauflin