How to duel boot?

[James]

Hi all
Well I finally bought vista ult. the 64bit OEM version and I would
like to duel boot between that and xp. I've two sata hdd drives I
would think I must instal vista first on a clean drive as it's OEM
then do I install xp on the other both drives will be formatted?
James

 

[Rocco Moe]

I would put two 20- or 30- gig partitions on one drive, Install XP (first)
on one. The run the Vista install while you're logged into XP and install
vista on the other partition (same drive). Use the rest of the space for
documents.

P.S. Not that it matters much. But for future reference, it's "dual" as in
"two", not "duel" as in sword fight.

 

[James]

I would put two 20- or 30- gig partitions on one drive, Install XP (first)
on one. The run the Vista install while you're logged into XP and install
vista on the other partition (same drive). Use the rest of the space for
documents.

Are you sure a can do that with a OEM version?

 

[Donald L McDaniel]

Hi all
Well I finally bought vista ult. the 64bit OEM version and I would
like to duel boot between that and xp. I've two sata hdd drives I
would think I must instal vista first on a clean drive as it's OEM
then do I install xp on the other both drives will be formatted?
James

My experience has been that if you install Vista first (on Disk0,
Partition 1), there will be no boot menu after XP is then installed, since
the XP installer will overwrite the Vista boot files with its own.

For a working Dual boot with Vista,
1) Install XP first, on Disk0, Partition 1.
2) Then install Vista on a secondary drive (best with Disk1, Partition1).
3) Do NOT try to change drive letters around after either one is
installed.
4) NO drives will be formatted UNTIL YOU instruct the installers to do it.

 

[Donald L McDaniel]

Are you sure a can do that with a OEM version?

I installed a working dual-boot between XP and Vista using TWO so-called
"FULL OEM" disks (XP and Vista).

Both will do clean installations with no problems.
If your OEM is not a System Builder Kit (Vista) or so-called "FULL OEM", I
cannot speak for its usability.

Donald L McDaniel
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