Can XP Pro read a Vista Drive?

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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 said:
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.
 
jmDesktop said:
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.
 
Shenan Stanley said:
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 said:
Yes. You should have no problems doing this.
Using XP deletes the restore points of Vista.

Search for recent postings by Colin Barnhorst im m.p.w.vista.general.

Roy
 
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