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Can I install MS-XP on my second HD and go between XP and Vista?

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Can I install MS-XP on my second HD and go between XP and Vista?

Not easily, as the older OS should be installed first; you'll have
trouble creating a dual-boot scenario without using 3rd-party products.

However, dual-booting is no longer necessary in most situations.

Why not download a Virtual Machine application, such as Microsoft's
VirtualPC 2007 (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/search.asp?) or
Innotek's VirtualBox (http://www.virtualbox.org/) and run WinXP and your
legacy applications within a virtual computer. Both are free and work
with Vista. (Microsoft does not support the use of VirtualPC 2007 on
Vista Home editions, but several people have reported that it works just
fine.)


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[Roy Coorne]

Can I install MS-XP on my second HD and go between XP and Vista?

Yes, you can install XP on your second HD and then try to use VistaBoot
Pro <www.vistabootpro.org> for making again visible Vista's boot manager...
or you detach your first (Vista boot) drive and then install XP on your
second HDD - so you can choose which OS to boot by choosing the boot
drive (HDD) in the BIOS at start.


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