Can I keep XP with vista on another drive and dual boot?

[Rene Lamontagne]

XP is on first drive C:, From XP I want to install Vista on second drive G:
, BUT keep XP so I can dual boot system.

Which version of Vista Home Premium x86 do I need, Upgrade or Full version?

I have read so many different answers on these NGs that I am no longer sure
of which is Correct, I want to buy the right one the first time.

Thanks in advance for a definitive answer

Regards, Rene Lamontagne (aka The Old Guy).

 

[Jane C]

You would need the full retail version.

 

[dirty old man]

Beware of the side effects of dual booting XP and Vista
however.

Without a boot manager (or bitlocker--only available with Ultimate)
that can hide the Vista partition from XP you will loose your Vista
restore points and shadow copies, etc. every time you boot into XP.


| You would need the full retail version.
|
| --
| Jane, not plain 64 bit enabled
| Batteries not included. Braincell on vacation ;-)
| | > XP is on first drive C:, From XP I want to install Vista on second drive
| > G: , BUT keep XP so I can dual boot system.
| >
| > Which version of Vista Home Premium x86 do I need, Upgrade or Full
| > version?
| >
| > I have read so many different answers on these NGs that I am no longer
| > sure of which is Correct, I want to buy the right one the first time.
| >
| > Thanks in advance for a definitive answer
| >
| > Regards, Rene Lamontagne (aka The Old Guy).
| >
|

 

[Rene Lamontagne]

Beware of the side effects of dual booting XP and Vista
however.

Without a boot manager (or bitlocker--only available with Ultimate)
that can hide the Vista partition from XP you will loose your Vista
restore points and shadow copies, etc. every time you boot into XP.


| You would need the full retail version.
|
| --
| Jane, not plain 64 bit enabled
| Batteries not included. Braincell on vacation ;-)
| | > XP is on first drive C:, From XP I want to install Vista on second
drive
| > G: , BUT keep XP so I can dual boot system.
| >
| > Which version of Vista Home Premium x86 do I need, Upgrade or Full
| > version?
| >
| > I have read so many different answers on these NGs that I am no longer
| > sure of which is Correct, I want to buy the right one the first time.
| >
| > Thanks in advance for a definitive answer
| >
| > Regards, Rene Lamontagne (aka The Old Guy).
| >
|

Thank you Jane and D.O.M, I will take Jane's advice and buy the full
edition, I was planning to use Partition Magic 8.0 to hide the Vista
partition from XP. The dual boot will only be required untill I can get
Vista drivers for my Okidata c5150 color laser printer and Spyder II monitor
profiler.

Regards, Rene, Rene lamontagne

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

Make sure to check here about how other users are doing with PM. It may not
be the right choice for hiding Vista from XP. Jane C recommends one called
BootIt NG, if I remember the name correctly. But your decision to use a
boot manager while XP is still on the computer is a sound one.

 

[Rene Lamontagne]

Make sure to check here about how other users are doing with PM. It may
not be the right choice for hiding Vista from XP. Jane C recommends one
called BootIt NG, if I remember the name correctly. But your decision to
use a boot manager while XP is still on the computer is a sound one.

Thanks Colin, Will look into Bootit NG as you suggest, it may be a better
option than Partition Magic.

Regards, Rene Lamontagne (aka The Old Guy) )

 

[Jane C]

http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/bootitng.html

 

[Rene Lamontagne]

http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/bootitng.html

Thanks for the Link Jane. Price is good at $35.00 US, About $40.00 CDN

Regards, Rene Lamontagne