Windows Vista DVD download/XP dual boot

[ADL Mark]

One for the techie guys..

 

I've got a Toshiba laptop with Vista that I want to dual boot to XP. It all looks easy enough and I've got XP, the only problem is the instructions I've read say I need the Vista DVD which the laptop didn't come with. It only had one of those crumby restore DVD's with it and I can't find it.

 

These were the instructions I was looking at - http://apcmag.com/5485/dualbooting_vista_and_xp - I didn't know if I could either download the DVD from somewhere or use a different boot loader modifier to change the boot records and recover Vista booting?

 

Any ideas gratefully received

 

Cheers all!

[Pete]

If Vista came preinstalled on your machine and you don't have a Vista install DVD, you can use the Gnome Partition Editor Gparted to do it. Our earlier tutorial on dual-booting XP and Vista if you've installed XP first describes how to use it

So if you just download Gparted Live CD from the link you can use that instead.

[ADL Mark]

I'm a bad boy for not reading properly

 

Thanks Pete, sorry for being a muppet!

[ADL Mark]

Ah, just been reading through it properly before I do it, and that's for changing the partitions which I've already done from within Vista.

 

This is the bit I'm going to have the problem with -

 

Boot from the Vista DVD and on the screen where you’re prompted to “Install now”, select “Repair your computer”.

[Pete]

Hmm...bit of a none starter then if you don't have the disk...silly guide writer.