Add a 3rd HD for Vista

[Bill]

I My OS is XP home with XP 2 - I have 2 HDS C & D - boot to C - clone C to D
as a back up periodically. Both these HDS are WD Raptors - 10K rpm.

I want to add another HD - make it "V" and install Vista Beta 2 on it. The
HD I want to add is a Maxtor 7200 rpm SATA 100GB drive 8MB cache.

I want to be able to boot to C to do my normal computer stuff, or V to play
around with Vista Beta 2. I have experience with this ''dual booting''
thing.

Can this be done?
Should it be done?

TIA

Bill

 

[Bill]

Change below to read - I have NO experience with ''dual booting'' - my bad


I My OS is XP home with XP 2 - I have 2 HDS C & D - boot to C - clone C to D
as a back up periodically. Both these HDS are WD Raptors - 10K rpm.

I want to add another HD - make it "V" and install Vista Beta 2 on it. The
HD I want to add is a Maxtor 7200 rpm SATA 100GB drive 8MB cache.

I want to be able to boot to C to do my normal computer stuff, or V to play
around with Vista Beta 2. I have experience with this ''dual booting''
thing.

Can this be done?
Should it be done?

TIA

Bill

 

[RoadRunner]

I wouldn't use Vista on your main computer , There is way to many bugs for that , Its should be install on your second comp
Change below to read - I have NO experience with ''dual booting'' - my bad


I My OS is XP home with XP 2 - I have 2 HDS C & D - boot to C - clone C to D
as a back up periodically. Both these HDS are WD Raptors - 10K rpm.

I want to add another HD - make it "V" and install Vista Beta 2 on it. The
HD I want to add is a Maxtor 7200 rpm SATA 100GB drive 8MB cache.

I want to be able to boot to C to do my normal computer stuff, or V to play
around with Vista Beta 2. I have experience with this ''dual booting''
thing.

Can this be done?
Should it be done?

TIA

Bill

 

[PaulM]

It should work fine, I have 3 drive and run XP 32 bit, 64 bit and Vista.

 

[Bill]

Thanks Paul,

I had Vista on my D drive for a day or two - I want to play around some more
with it but want to maintain my XP drive (C) and XP clone (D)

Off to "dual boot" school

Bill


It should work fine, I have 3 drive and run XP 32 bit, 64 bit and Vista.

 

[PaulM]

Try this boot program in Vista:

http://www.pro-networks.org/vistabootpro/

 

[Bill]

Thanks Paul,

I'll d/l the program and go to the forum to learn how it works. I have never
done this dual boot thing before and will need some help - thanks for yours.

Bill


Try this boot program in Vista:

http://www.pro-networks.org/vistabootpro/