Partition and dual booting.. help..?

create a 2nd partition.

boot to xp

install vista by running setup from XP

install to 2nd partition.

This will create a dual booting system

to remove:-

boot to xp

search for boot.ini file within the xp partition.

delete the line for Vista. (this will remove the dual boot menu from startup)

Now format the 2nd partition to wipe Vista.

To rid the partition you would need to reformat the complete drive. I would think that Vista requires to much system requirements to use it for dual boot.

you can delete the partition easily, if you have an old boot disk or try a program like partition magic, also have a look at this program for managing multiple operating systems http://www.download.com/Partition-Boot-Manager/300...

in case you have already got abode windows 7 put in, there is no might desire to reformat (till you want a clean set up). you may purely shrink the abode windows partition, and set up Ubuntu after it. it is plausible from the Ubuntu installation disk (no longer the abode windows one, although). there is purely choose for 2 partitions in this, the abode windows one, and Ubuntu. everywhere you acquire the thought you elect one reported as "information", this is crap.

If you don't know what you are doing when it comes to partitions and dual booting, then don't f**k with it.

You are already pondering loading windows vista, so you should definitely leave it alone.

In short, leave it alone.