How-To Triple Boot XP, Vista, Ubuntu Linux (Part 1)
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Dive right into triple-booting your computer with Windows XP, Windows Vista and Ubuntu Linux 7.10. This 30-minute walk-through video tutorial (split into 4 parts) walks you through the partitioning and installation processes of Windows and Ubuntu. Learn how to correctly configure your harddrive to handle all three operating systems. Use this tutorial to simply dual boot between Windows XP and Windows Vista. Or between Windows and Ubuntu. Use this tutorial to learn how to install Ubuntu …
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Do you have a SATA drive? If you have a SATA drive, XP may not find your drive during the install process. You’ll have to go into BIOS and set your drive to Legacy/ATA/IDE.
What’s the crash error?
i install
1. vista
2. xp
3. linux
4. w7
in defferent partition and now my comp crash after install w7…
never giveup…
Nice Video! I can’t install XP though… I have a Gateway MT6728 and it doesn’t find my drive….. Vista and 7 and Ubuntu is what I am doing here….
yeah im dual booting windows 7, vista, and ubuntu
Vista takes up like 15GB with a clean install…not counting updates.
Maybe. Windows 7 adds another small partition for system files. I haven’t tried it. But I will in a few weeks…i’ll keep you posted.
hej thx it works
but can i install windows 7 too??
What is the smallest partition you could use for Vista?
ok thanks hope you find the solution
won’t be gone, but you wont be able to boot into it without fixing the mbr first. in the next few weeks, i’m going to try to come up with a general solution to this problem…i’ll keep you posted.
good video now i get it
but i got vista
if i install xp
will my vista be gone??
the reason you need xp first is because installing xp will overwrite vista’s boot loader. then you wont be able to boot into vista anymore. in the next few weeks, i’m going to try to come up with a general solution to this problem…i’ll keep you posted.
yup.
installing XP will overwrite the Vista boot loader. it won’t overwrite vista if you install to another partition, but you wont be able to boot into vista anymore without tinkering with the boot loader.
Why would it be tricky?
u need xp first
reponzo01, great video(s), and i’m a little unsure, i have a nice laptop with Windows Vista, am i able to partition it, then install XP on a partition? or is it only do-able if you are on Xp first, then you install Vista, then you install Linux? thanks =)
you have to boot into the XP cd. however, if you plan to install XP if you already have Vista, that’s gonna be tricky.
a reformat will wipe out your entire harddrive clean.
you can download gparted (google “gparted”), burn it to a cd, boot from it and use it to format your drive any way you want. their site has screenshots that should help.
can u make a vid
i do
my computer is vista, could you please tell me how you in open the xp cd as in the blue screen that was shown right at the start of your video ur help would be great
like delete all the file in the comeputer and have a new clean window that wat i mean…………. can u help!!!!!!!!!!