xp and longhorn

[iplayguitar]

i have xp on my comp right now and i downloaded longhorn 4051. i want to know if i can partition my 40gig HD into to parts and have xp on one and longhorn on the other.

[Bhazard 2.0]

If you want to know if its possible; then yes you can do that.
If you want to know how to do it; search for dual boot in a search engine.

[Bigolli]

Originally posted by iplayguitar
i have xp on my comp right now and i downloaded longhorn 4051. i want to know if i can partition my 40gig HD into to parts and have xp on one and longhorn on the other.

where the hell did you downloda longhorn from?!

[iplayguitar]

ill pm u in a few

[Bigolli]

Originally posted by iplayguitar
ill pm u in a few

thanx

[Bhazard 2.0]

I have 4015, never used it yet. Can't risk it, to many games.
I done dual boot before XP and 98 didnt like it, I'll stick with 1 os.

[iplayguitar]

whats so bad with dual boot?

[Bhazard 2.0]

I just didnt like it. I wasnt using 98 for anything, so it was pointless. I did dual boot, just because I could, and had never tried it before.

[iplayguitar]

well i wanna test LH on my new system so ill try it. so how do u go about doing a dual boot anyways?

[Bigolli]

just install the second OS and while doing so it will ask you on which partition, if you chose to create a new one for it, instead of overwriting the first one, you will automatically get dual boot...im pretty sure about that anyway

[iplayguitar]

ok well i just made a new partition so ill install it to there

[Bhazard 2.0]

Originally posted by Bigolli
just install the second OS and while doing so it will ask you on which partition, if you chose to create a new one for it, instead of overwriting the first one, you will automatically get dual boot...im pretty sure about that anyway

Yep thats it basiclly...

[iplayguitar]

ok cool

[WhoGivesARatsAss]

DUAL BOOT PWNZ.. since I cant play NOLF 1 on XP.. stupid pirates never gave an XP version of the crack.. dammit!

[iplayguitar]

ok i did the dual boot thing and when the thing came up saying pick yo OS, it wouldn't let me pick xp, just LH. i need to get back into xp so i can do work but when that screen comes up it wont let me move my arrows up or down. i have the logitech cordless keyboard and i dont know why it wont work cause it works in the bios

[Bhazard 2.0]

If the computers not reconising XP, I would recomend getting a boot manager.
As far as the keyboard goes if its in dos it wont work
Dos doesnt reconise wireless

[iplayguitar]

any good boot managers??

[Bhazard 2.0]

Depends what you want, you want pretty nice looking, or basic and simple?

[iplayguitar]

i want something that will start up when my comp comes on and that i can use my wireless keyboard on

[Bhazard 2.0]

I dont think you will be able to use your wireless keyboard... During startup is all DOS, but please correct me if I'm wrong

[iplayguitar]

then why can i use my wireless keyboard in the bios?

[Chimera[NL]]

Originally posted by iplayguitar
then why can i use my wireless keyboard in the bios?
If BIOS supports it, it should be ok. Allthough trying with a non-wireless could also help offcourse!

[iplayguitar]

ok well can i get a boot program that starts in the bios?

[Chimera[NL]]

Originally posted by iplayguitar
ok well can i get a boot program that starts in the bios?
eh what? Any kind of program can only run AFTER BIOS has. BIOS it the FIRST thing that happens when you turn on your pc. Anything else comes AFTER that.

[iplayguitar]

ok well my wireless keyboard works in the bios so i want something that my wireless keyboard will work in

[Bhazard 2.0]

It might work, all I'm saying is to my knowlage wireless came after DOS, therefore dosnt work in DOS. When I had a boot manager my mouse didnt work(wireless). Please someone either confirm what Im saying, or call me a complete dumbass, and correct me

[iplayguitar]

ok i know it wont work in DOS but i need a boot manager that works like the bios

[Bigolli]

Originally posted by Bhazard 2.0
If the computers not reconising XP, I would recomend getting a boot manager.
As far as the keyboard goes if its in dos it wont work
Dos doesnt reconise wireless

i had the same prob, u need to enable USB keyboard in your bios

*edit* have you got the MXDuo??

[iplayguitar]

yeah i have the mx duo

[iplayguitar]

ok i got it to work, i just used my usb to ps2 adapter and it worked. now bigolli, u still want longhorn??

[mR-D]

Can someone please PM me where I can get Longhorn from? I've been looking everywhere, but, I can't find it anywhere....

[Chimera[NL]]

Originally posted by mor3
Can someone please PM me where I can get Longhorn from? I've been looking everywhere, but, I can't find it anywhere....

Bittorrent Network, Emule Network. If you want bittorrent or Emule links, PM me.

[iplayguitar]

bittorrent is so fucking slow

[TheKua]

im gettin the beta cd for 4008 in a few d ays time:D

[Shadow]

Don't bother with Longhorn - It is still two years from release... you're not getting ANYTHING like what it will be in 2 years. They'll prolly scrap it and just copy a few features from linux including the features the MAC OS has ripped from linux...

Trust me on it. Don't bother with an OS in the equivliant to Pre-Alpha.

[MrBored]

Yeah, longhorn looks a lot like XP still, long way from finished. If you want to get your keyboard to work while on USB, there should be an option in the bios for legacy keyboard support. Under this option there should be 2 choices, BIOS or OS, choose BIOS and it should work in DOS.

I remember I had the ABIT KT7a raid, piece of shit, and if you cleared CMOS with the jumper it would default to disable USB and you couldn't get back into the bios again with a usb keyboard. Caused me no end of shit lol.

[iplayguitar]

well longhorn build 4051 is pretty different from that old 4008 shit. MS scraped the plex style and greatly reduced the sidebar which i hate.

[Taranis]

Did you ever figure out the dual boot thing? Did you try rebuilding the boot.ini file?

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;291980

The bootcfg command is a Microsoft Windows XP Recovery Console command that manipulates the Boot.ini file. This command has a function that can scan your hard disks for Microsoft Windows NT, Microsoft Windows 2000, and Windows XP installations, and then add them to an existing Boot.ini file or rebuild a new Boot.ini file, if one does not exist. The bootcfg command enables additional Boot.ini file parameters to be added to existing or new entries.

To use the bootcfg command, start the Recovery Console with the Windows XP CD-ROM, and then click Recovery Console. Or, install the Recovery Console locally, and then select the command from the Boot menu.

That should allow you to have a C: with Longhorn and D: with XP.

You might also try to dual-boot thru the bios if you have the OS's on separate phyiscal HD's..

JB

[iplayguitar]

Originally posted by Taranis
Did you ever figure out the dual boot thing? Did you try rebuilding the boot.ini file?

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;291980

The bootcfg command is a Microsoft Windows XP Recovery Console command that manipulates the Boot.ini file. This command has a function that can scan your hard disks for Microsoft Windows NT, Microsoft Windows 2000, and Windows XP installations, and then add them to an existing Boot.ini file or rebuild a new Boot.ini file, if one does not exist. The bootcfg command enables additional Boot.ini file parameters to be added to existing or new entries.

To use the bootcfg command, start the Recovery Console with the Windows XP CD-ROM, and then click Recovery Console. Or, install the Recovery Console locally, and then select the command from the Boot menu.

That should allow you to have a C: with Longhorn and D: with XP.

You might also try to dual-boot thru the bios if you have the OS's on separate phyiscal HD's..

JB
yeah i used boot magic to make a new partition and the installed LH onto it. all i have to do is select the os i want to use at start up. but thanks for the help anyways

[MrBored]

When are they going to include the WinFS in the beta builds?

[iplayguitar]

nope got rid of it in 4051