Setup installs
Vista from a single, huge hard-disk image file, and some older drives can??™t
handle files larger than 3 gigabytes in size. The solution is to replace the
drive, or, if you??™re particularly attached to the drive and you??™re not in a
hurry, purchase a copy of Vista setup on a stack of CDs (which Microsoft
calls ???alternate media???) and try again.
Lastly, if it??™s an older disc, the culprit might be nothing more than a little
dust; wipe the disk against your shirt and try again.
Set Up a Dual-Boot System
With a dual-boot (or multiboot) setup, you can install multiple operating
systems side-by-side on the same computer, and simply choose which one to
use each time you boot. So, why would you want to do this?
Both ends burning
If you rely on some software or hardware that won??™t operate in Windows
Vista, you can install Vista and the other OS on the same system
simultaneously. And there??™s no reason you can??™t install Vista alongside
Linux, or even (if you have an Intel-based Mac) alongside Mac OS X.
Or, if you??™re using the 64-bit version of Vista, you might need to keep
that old XP installation around so you can run all that 16-bit software
you use every day (16-bit software won??™t run on Vista-64).
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Just testing
If you??™re in the process of upgrading from an earlier version of Windows
to Windows Vista, you may wish to test Vista with your existing
software and hardware without having to commit to the new OS until
you??™re certain it will meet your needs.
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