vista noob question

I have Beta 2 burned to DVD-R and intend to install it on a spare 25 gig partition on my hard drive, creating a dual boot system. I noted that the Upgrade Advisor seemed to assume I would be installing Vista on the partition that currently has Win XP Pro, and indicated the not enough free space is available.
I do not intend to install Vista over XP. Is there a place in the installation process where I can choose the install partition and choose to format that partition prior to installation?

"pvdg42" wrote in message

I have Beta 2 burned to DVD-R and intend to install it on a spare 25 gig partition on my hard drive, creating a dual boot system. I noted that the Upgrade Advisor seemed to assume I would be installing Vista on the partition that currently has Win XP Pro, and indicated the not enough free space is available.
I do not intend to install Vista over XP. Is there a place in the installation process where I can choose the install partition and choose to format that partition prior to installation?

No. Currently in Vista the installer is dumb as hell. It will not even let you install on a good hard drive as it says no suitable volume is available or whatever it says. It has format and delete and create partition etc, but nothing works because even after doing that it still says no capable volume type error. So if it only gives you 1 option you're not able to change it because currently it won't let you add anything it does not see in the list already. :((((

Received that message also when I rand upgrade advisor from the XP partition which had 5 GBs of Space left, although I had a partition which 20 GBs free space. I recommend you launch Vista setup from within Windows XP, type in your product key, accept the EULA, click Next, click Custom > select the 25 GB partition and setup will install to that partition just fine. -- -- 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
"pvdg42" wrote in message

I have Beta 2 burned to DVD-R and intend to install it on a spare 25 gig partition on my hard drive, creating a dual boot system. I noted that the Upgrade Advisor seemed to assume I would be installing Vista on the partition that currently has Win XP Pro, and indicated the not enough free space is available.
I do not intend to install Vista over XP. Is there a place in the installation process where I can choose the install partition and choose to format that partition prior to installation?

If you boot from the DVD, you can create a partition in the 25GB free area and install there. You will need to press the Advanced button on the disk information screen, and click New.
Note, that Vista will call this new partition drive C: if you dual boot, but Windows XP will call it's home patition drive C: when XP is running. This is normal and is a feature.
If you run Setup from within Windows XP, there is no option to do partition work. You will need to create a partition in Disk Manager in Windows XP, assign it a drive letter, then install Vista onto that partition.
Jeff
"pvdg42" wrote in message

I have Beta 2 burned to DVD-R and intend to install it on a spare 25 gig partition on my hard drive, creating a dual boot system. I noted that the Upgrade Advisor seemed to assume I would be installing Vista on the partition that currently has Win XP Pro, and indicated the not enough free space is available.
I do not intend to install Vista over XP. Is there a place in the installation process where I can choose the install partition and choose to format that partition prior to installation?

Hey AMDX2 you are wrong it does work just fine and you can and always been able to pick what drive. So check your info before you give it. All you do is pick custom and it will give you the drives. you dont even have to format the drive
Tony
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"pvdg42" wrote in message I have Beta 2 burned to DVD-R and intend to install it on a spare 25 gig partition on my hard drive, creating a dual boot system. I noted that the Upgrade Advisor seemed to assume I would be installing Vista on the partition that currently has Win XP Pro, and indicated the not enough free space is available.
I do not intend to install Vista over XP. Is there a place in the installation process where I can choose the install partition and choose to format that partition prior to installation?
No. Currently in Vista the installer is dumb as hell. It will not even let you install on a good hard drive as it says no suitable volume is available or whatever it says. It has format and delete and create partition etc, but nothing works because even after doing that it still says no capable volume type error. So if it only gives you 1 option you're not able to change it because currently it won't let you add anything it does not see in the list already. :((((

"Tony" wrote in message

Hey AMDX2 you are wrong it does work just fine and you can and always been able to pick what drive. So check your info before you give it. All you do is pick custom and it will give you the drives. you dont even have to format the drive
Tony
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"pvdg42" wrote in message I have Beta 2 burned to DVD-R and intend to install it on a spare 25 gig partition on my hard drive, creating a dual boot system. I noted that the Upgrade Advisor seemed to assume I would be installing Vista on the partition that currently has Win XP Pro, and indicated the not enough free space is available.
I do not intend to install Vista over XP. Is there a place in the installation process where I can choose the install partition and choose to format that partition prior to installation?
No. Currently in Vista the installer is dumb as hell. It will not even let you install on a good hard drive as it says no suitable volume is available or whatever it says. It has format and delete and create partition etc, but nothing works because even after doing that it still says no capable volume type error. So if it only gives you 1 option you're not able to change it because currently it won't let you add anything it does not see in the list already. :((((

Sorry Tony, I just meant that I've never had it givew me a hard drive choice. and sometimes when I click on the drive to install it says it can't find any whatever it was I said before. Even after delete, format etc. I've installed it fine on 1 pc and sort of fine on the second, but mostly problems with it saying there's no viabvle partition hard drive or whatever.

If you have raid I found windows 2003 drivers work well you may not want to trust vista to format the partition if it fails In Vista and you boot into windows XP to format it may change the size of the partition to mis-report the size. If it dose do not delete the partition you will loose the raid drive. I was able to restore my partitions.
"Jeff" wrote:

If you boot from the DVD, you can create a partition in the 25GB free area and install there. You will need to press the Advanced button on the disk information screen, and click New.
Note, that Vista will call this new partition drive C: if you dual boot, but Windows XP will call it's home patition drive C: when XP is running. This is normal and is a feature.
If you run Setup from within Windows XP, there is no option to do partition work. You will need to create a partition in Disk Manager in Windows XP, assign it a drive letter, then install Vista onto that partition.
Jeff
"pvdg42" wrote in message I have Beta 2 burned to DVD-R and intend to install it on a spare 25 gig partition on my hard drive, creating a dual boot system. I noted that the Upgrade Advisor seemed to assume I would be installing Vista on the partition that currently has Win XP Pro, and indicated the not enough free space is available.
I do not intend to install Vista over XP. Is there a place in the installation process where I can choose the install partition and choose to format that partition prior to installation?

I think the OP wants to install on the entire 25 GBs. -- -- 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
"Jeff" wrote in message

If you boot from the DVD, you can create a partition in the 25GB free area and install there. You will need to press the Advanced button on the disk information screen, and click New.
Note, that Vista will call this new partition drive C: if you dual boot, but Windows XP will call it's home patition drive C: when XP is running. This is normal and is a feature.
If you run Setup from within Windows XP, there is no option to do partition work. You will need to create a partition in Disk Manager in Windows XP, assign it a drive letter, then install Vista onto that partition.
Jeff
"pvdg42" wrote in message I have Beta 2 burned to DVD-R and intend to install it on a spare 25 gig partition on my hard drive, creating a dual boot system. I noted that the Upgrade Advisor seemed to assume I would be installing Vista on the partition that currently has Win XP Pro, and indicated the not enough free space is available.
I do not intend to install Vista over XP. Is there a place in the installation process where I can choose the install partition and choose to format that partition prior to installation?