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I have vista 64-bit on my laptop and I am unable to check my

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I have vista 64-bit on my laptop and I am unable to check my work e-mail from home. The lotus email from my work isn't compatible with the vista 64 bit. can I "dual boot" my laptop with window XP and keep vista at the same time. I have XP on my desktop and have no problems accessing my work e-mail. If I have sufficient memory and I do this...will it harm my laptop. My laptop is a Toshiba and it was preloaded with Window vista 64 bit.

 

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OS: Windows Vista; Browser: IE

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Called microsoft and they suggested dual boot. Called a local computer repair shop and was told that doing that may harm my computer.

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October 9 2008 at 5:12 PM (5 minutes and 28 seconds later)
         
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Hello,

Instead of reformatting and setting your computer up for dual booting Vista and XP (as XP must be installed prior to Vista in order to work), I would suggest using Microsoft Virtual PC 2007. This will allow you to create a virtual hard drive and share your actual system resources in order to create a virtual computer within your own.

Using this, you could install Windows XP onto a virtual hard drive which you could open and close at any time you wish. This is a lot better than dual booting your system and losing any data (as well as the time required to set it up) in the process. Not to mention, it's a lot safer.

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