Compaq restore to XP MC from Vista

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March 2, 2007 at 4:06 pm #2269802

Compaq restore to XP MC from Vista

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by live4ford · about 16 years, 9 months ago

Hi,
I have a Compaq Presario SR2032X that I bought a month ago. My school gave us Vista Business through MSDNAA so I upgraded from XP Media Center which was already on it. The problem is that I still have all of the backup files on partition H: but I no longer have the factory software (which was in XP media center) to begin the restore. I am wondering if I can do a command line restore at startup in order to repartition to run multiple OSes. In other words, if it is possible, which file must I run at the command line in order for the restore to begin? Thanks in advance for the help!

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- March 2, 2007 at 4:06 pm #2536489
  
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  by live4ford · about 16 years, 9 months ago
  
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- March 3, 2007 at 9:10 am #2536340
  
  No it’s not possible
  
  by hal 9000 · about 16 years, 9 months ago
  
  In reply to Compaq restore to XP MC from Vista
  
  When you use the Vista Upgrade option you destroy the previous Windows whatever install and only get to keep most of the rubbish and Data.
  
  If you want to Dual Boot this system you’ll need to create another Partition of the HDD and have Vista loaded first on one partition and then contact Compaq/HP any buy replacement Recovery CD’s and load them onto the second Partition so that you can Dual Boot the system into either OS.
  
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