Preserving R&R (WinXP) and Installing Vista

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ANDS · #1 Post by **ANDS** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 1:18 pm

Sorry if this has been covered, but noone seems interested in doing what I'm doing, specifically I want to know before purchasing Vista if it is at all possible to maintain the old WinXP R&R partition on my laptop, and still do a clean install of Vista on the OS part. I know there is a download to create a Vista R&R, but I want to be able to go back to WinXP on my laptop, should I not like the way VISTA performs on it (I already plan on putting it on the desktop using the Family Discount plan).

arni · #2 Post by **arni** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 3:27 pm

When installing vista you can only choose the xp partion to install into. Normally you wouldn't touch your recovery partition. After installing r&r 4 on vista the old r&r 3 remains and lets you go back to xp and your factory install.

But it's always safe to make the rescue disk should anything go wrong.

ANDS · #3 Post by **ANDS** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 4:20 am

Ok I got it up and running, but it wasnt a "clean" install. . .as theres stuff left over from the old version of windows. When I went to do a Clean Install, I didnt get the option to delete the partition (mine was 89.1G on a 100G HD), so Im assuming its protected? How do I get it so that EVERYTHING but the R&R3 is wiped clean, and install a clean copy of VISTA that doesnt prompt me if I want to load up the old version of WINDOWS I had installed?

arni · #4 Post by **arni** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 8:14 am

When you boot your pc with the vista install disk and come to the point where you can choose the partition to install into just be aware that you have to check the advanced options button in the lower right corner.

After that you can modify your partitions like you want.

ANDS · #5 Post by **ANDS** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 10:48 am

No I did that. Everything but "RESCAN" was an active link.

#6 Post by **carbon_unit** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 2:34 pm

I hope you made a set of recovery discs before starting out on this adventure.

ANDS · #7 Post by **ANDS** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 3:46 pm

carbon_unit wrote:I hope you made a set of recovery discs before starting out on this adventure.

No. Ill get around to it. The old R&R is still alive and well, and I can still boot into the old windows - despite not choosing "create a new partition" (in fact I didnt choose much on this install).

lord_galathon · #8 Post by **lord_galathon** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 7:09 pm

There's a file that can create a bootable CD/diskette to fix the lenovo care button R&R function but it will destroy your Vista installation, all it's good for is to restore to factory after installing a Vista trial.

go to lenovo.com and search for MIGR-54483 download your specific version and boot the system with it to reenable R&R (F11 or lenovocare)

L_G

Preserving R&R (WinXP) and Installing Vista

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