Thank you. I have a drive with Vista on it. Can I install it as a
second drive and use XP OS and read the Vista drive?

jmDesktop wrote:
> Thank you. I have a drive with Vista on it. Can I install it as a
> second drive and use XP OS and read the Vista drive?

See...
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/919529/
Particularly:
Creating a multi-boot configuration that includes Windows Vista

And Windows Vista supports all the file systems Windows XP does - so you
*can* read the contents of a Windows XP formatted drive - yes.

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"jmDesktop" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Thank you. I have a drive with Vista on it. Can I install it as a
>second drive and use XP OS and read the Vista drive?

Yes. You should have no problems doing this.

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"Shenan Stanley" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> And Windows Vista supports all the file systems Windows XP does - so you
> *can* read the contents of a Windows XP formatted drive - yes.
>

I think the OP's question was the other way around.... ;-)

Tim Slattery schrieb:
> "jmDesktop" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>> Thank you. I have a drive with Vista on it. Can I install it as a
>> second drive and use XP OS and read the Vista drive?
>
> Yes. You should have no problems doing this.
>
Using XP deletes the restore points of Vista.

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