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How to dual boot Vista and XP (with Vista installed first) -- the step-by-step guide with screenshots

Got a Vista PC and want to install XP so you can dual-boot between them? Here's how to do it, in an easy, step-by-step format.

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How to dual-boot Vista with Linux (Vista installed first) -- the step-by-step guide with screenshots

Here's how to install Vista and Linux (with Vista installed first). Step-by-step instructions that assume no knowledge of Linux. (Now updated for Ubuntu 8.04 and Vista SP1).

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How to dual-boot Vista with XP (with XP installed first) - step-by-step guide with screenshots

Want to install Vista on your PC but don't want to get rid of XP just yet? Here's how to install it so you can dual-boot between them, in an easy-to-follow, step-by-step guide.

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How to dual boot Windows XP and Linux (XP installed first) -- the step-by-step guide with screenshots

How to dual-boot Windows XP and Linux, on a system where you have already installed XP. Easy step-by-step tutorial that doesn't assume prior knowledge of Linux.

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How to dual boot Linux and Windows XP (Linux installed first) -- the step-by-step guide with screenshots

How to dual-boot Windows XP and Linux. (Now updated for XP SP 3 and Ubuntu 8.04.)

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HOW TO: create a bootable XP SP3 CD

With XP SP 3 now released, here's how to slipstream the service pack into your existing install CD. The big benefit? Serial number-free reinstalls of XP.

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How to dual-boot Vista with Linux (with Linux installed first) -- the step-by-step guide with screenshots

So you want to install Linux and Vista on the same drive? This UPDATED dual booting tutorial shows you how to do it even if Vista SP1 scorches your bootloader.

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HOW TO: inject drivers into Microsoft's free OS, Windows PE 2.0

Did you know there's a super-stripped-down version of Windows available for free download from Microsoft? Windows PE 2.0 is great for system recovery and imaging tasks, but it comes with rather a small set of drivers. Here's how to upgrade it with more drivers of your own.

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HOW TO: Install Nero 7 on Vista

With Vista lacking decent optical burning abilities, it's in dire need of a third-party application. Unfortunately, if Nero is your app of choice, it refuses to run. Until now...

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How to: play ripped DVDs on Vista Media Center

Vista won't find your ripped DVDs unless you give it a helping hand. Here's how to point it in the right direction... forcefully.

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HOW TO: slipstream Vista SP1 into your Vista install DVD

You can't use the old trusty method of slipstreaming service packs into your Windows install CD with Vista. But we've figured out how to do it anyway.

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SUPERGUIDE: The Open Source Challenge. How to replace Windows completely with Ubuntu.

Ashton Mills is going cold turkey and dumping Windows for Linux altogether. Will he sink or swim? Can you really install Linux and open source software in place of Windows, and want for nothing? This is the authoritative how-to guide.