How to Install Windows Vista Beta 2

> My PC has four drives of 10GB each. Since vista requires 15GB of hard disk
> space I plan to merge my E drive & F drive. Also, since I do not have a
> DVD
> Rom Drive I plan to mount the ISO file on a virtual drive. After merging E
> &
> F, I shall only have a E drive of 20GB; now in which drive should I allot
> the
> space for the virtual drive; and how should I proceed with the
> installation?
> I mean how should I install vista from within my current Windows XP
> Professional; I want to keep xp & vista both.

> Launch setup from within XP, that means the ISO would be on XP partition.
> --
> --
> Andre
> Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com
> Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com
> Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre
> http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
>
> "Gaurav" <Gaurav@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:FAFAD055-DDBD-4672-AE16-71B0237804B2@microsoft.com...

> > My PC has four drives of 10GB each. Since vista requires 15GB of hard disk
> > space I plan to merge my E drive & F drive. Also, since I do not have a
> > DVD
> > Rom Drive I plan to mount the ISO file on a virtual drive. After merging E
> > &
> > F, I shall only have a E drive of 20GB; now in which drive should I allot
> > the
> > space for the virtual drive; and how should I proceed with the
> > installation?
> > I mean how should I install vista from within my current Windows XP
> > Professional; I want to keep xp & vista both.

>
>
>

> Do the various softwares already installed on XP need to be installed
> separately for Vista?
>
> "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote:
>

>> Launch setup from within XP, that means the ISO would be on XP partition.
>> --
>> --
>> Andre
>> Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com
>> Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com
>> Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre
>> http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
>>
>> "Gaurav" <Gaurav@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:FAFAD055-DDBD-4672-AE16-71B0237804B2@microsoft.com...

>> > My PC has four drives of 10GB each. Since vista requires 15GB of hard
>> > disk
>> > space I plan to merge my E drive & F drive. Also, since I do not have a
>> > DVD
>> > Rom Drive I plan to mount the ISO file on a virtual drive. After
>> > merging E
>> > &
>> > F, I shall only have a E drive of 20GB; now in which drive should I
>> > allot
>> > the
>> > space for the virtual drive; and how should I proceed with the
>> > installation?
>> > I mean how should I install vista from within my current Windows XP
>> > Professional; I want to keep xp & vista both.

>>
>>
>>

> Yes, if you install Vista on a new drive, you will have reinstall all your
> existing software.
> --
> --
> Andre
> Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com
> Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com
> Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre
> http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
>
> "Gaurav" <Gaurav@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:B1A195CB-53BB-46A1-8E16-6FF337661740@microsoft.com...

> > Do the various softwares already installed on XP need to be installed
> > separately for Vista?
> >
> > "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote:
> >

> >> Launch setup from within XP, that means the ISO would be on XP partition.
> >> --
> >> --
> >> Andre
> >> Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com
> >> Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com
> >> Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre
> >> http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
> >>
> >> "Gaurav" <Gaurav@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:FAFAD055-DDBD-4672-AE16-71B0237804B2@microsoft.com...
> >> > My PC has four drives of 10GB each. Since vista requires 15GB of hard
> >> > disk
> >> > space I plan to merge my E drive & F drive. Also, since I do not have a
> >> > DVD
> >> > Rom Drive I plan to mount the ISO file on a virtual drive. After
> >> > merging E
> >> > &
> >> > F, I shall only have a E drive of 20GB; now in which drive should I
> >> > allot
> >> > the
> >> > space for the virtual drive; and how should I proceed with the
> >> > installation?
> >> > I mean how should I install vista from within my current Windows XP
> >> > Professional; I want to keep xp & vista both.
> >>
> >>
> >>

>
>
> If I use the upgrade option to install on the slave HD, can I use the files and settings transfer option available on the vista install window to transfer all my files and settings from master (xp) HD to the slave HD