How to: Dual-boot XP and Vista on Sony Vaio VGN-N220E

EDIT (02-13-2009): PLEASE READ THIS NOW. IT HAS IMPORTANT INFORMATION!
I thought I would inform/warn everybody who watches this video that it IS OUTDATED/INACCURATE. I am not sure if my dual-boot setup was done correctly; it DID work, I am just not sure if my setup was how it should have been. I have removed all previous links that were here before. I don't want to just leave this inaccurate video on YouTube without providing some more accurate information, so I have compiled some resources below that will hopefully guide you in your process of dual-booting XP and Vista on a Sony Vaio VGN-N220E:

uTorrent-
http://utorrent.com/download.php

.torrent file (for Vista Recovery Disc)
http://neosmart.net/blog/2008/download-windows-vista-x64-recovery-disc/
(Scroll down and select "Windows Vista Recovery Disc x86 edition")

ImgBurn-
http://www.imgburn.com/index.php?act=download
(Select Mirror 7)

EasyBCD-
http://neosmart.net/dl.php?id=1
(Scroll down until you see the blue download button)

Hottfix (for sound driver)-
http://couponmeister.com/blog/HD_Audio/KB835221.exe

Drivers-
Some time after I had made this tutorial, Sony put many XP-compatible drivers for the VGN-N220E up on their website.
You should use these instead of the ones that were up here previously (that I took down). Here is the link to those drivers:
http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/swu-list.pl?mdl=VGNN220E&SelectOS=7

Correctly dual-booting-
As I said earlier, I don't think my dual-boot configuration was correct, so here is a link that will hopefully help you set up a correct dual-boot configuration:
http://www.raymond.cc/blog/archives/2007/10/06/how-to-dual-boot-vista-and-xp-...

A quick note about the sound driver:
I believe the video should still be correct on how to install the sound driver: simply download and install the hottfix (link is above) on XP, not Vista, and then restart your computer. Ignore any "Found new Hardware Wizards" that popup before you restart; just restart your computer. Boot back into XP, and eventually you should see a "Found new Hardware Wizard" popup. Follow the wizard, which should install the sound driver.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• XP
• Vista
• Microsoft
• Computer
• Dual
• Boot
• Sony
• Vaio
• VGN
• N220E
• OS
• multiple
• driver

[mufferrs]

Great info but be careful giving about torrents cuz you could get suspended if anti-p2p sees your vid

[NXTFreak]

Thanks. Actually, the torrent in the video is completely legal. It is not a pirated copy of Vista. It just has the startup utilities for Vista. In fact, I believe that Microsoft was the one who released it, so it's not illegal. :-)

[aeTynoT562]

At installation part of windows xp at like 37% it like crashes on me then my laptop turns off and it'll never get installed correctly..

[NXTFreak]

That doesn't sound good. When you set up the partition for XP, did you make sure that you gave it enough space? I would recommend at least 10gb, but even that is not very useable. Also, did you format the partition as NTFS? I think NTFS is needed for XP to be installed on the partition. Another thing could be that you have a bad installation disc. I hope that this information is helpful to you and that you successfully install XP! NXTFreak

[stephenharperbest2]

crappy notebook

[NXTFreak]

It's not the best, I agree, but the point of my video was never to advertise this specific notebook.

[Treazurer]

Thanx a lot man.. really appreciate this youtube rocks! Godbless lol

[jcam962]

no its just a modified vista disk

[davidl343]

isnt that recovery disk illigal?

[jk01197]

does this still works ?

[philipreynolds1997]

If you want drivers go on to your product manafaxtuers website (e.g HP) and there should be a tab that says support or drivers, then select a operating system and download the necessary drivers.

[mecos9]

I have one 40 Gig XP partition, one 40 Gig Vista partition, and one 100+ Gig partition for data shared between the two OS's (music, photos, videos, docs, etc). It works for me.

[ashthepokemonmaster]

YAY!!!!!!! lolol

[ashthepokemonmaster]

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! thank you