Configure Vista as a multi-boot operating system

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Configure Vista as a multi-boot operating system

October 17, 2007 in Operating systems | Permalink

Screengrab_2 Like most of us, it probably took you time to be convinced to upgrade to Windows XP. Now XP has been around or years, we’re all used to XP, our system staff can fix issues quickly and our software is all configured and supports the operating system. On a personal note, Vista can be unstable with even basic applications, such as Firefox. It’s crashed writing this blog entry, for example. Worse, upgrade to Vista and you might find that the majority of your tried-and-tested software either needs upgrading (think multi-licensing here) or may not yet be completely Vista compatible.

EasyBCD 1.7 is a tool that will enable you to create a multi-boot version of Vista so that you can choose to boot in to Vista, XP or another operating system, such as Linux. This means you can try Vista and your software, but also use XP if you want to ensure complete compatibility.