Win xp and Vista Basic dual boot - how to?

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Plan to install a dual boot of Window Vista Basic and Win xp. However I am
not sure how to go about.Do I install xp first in "c" than install "Vista" in
"D" partition. Appreciate your response, thanks
 
Install XP first on the C: partition, then install Vista on the next
available partition. After installing both operating system you will get a
menu appear when you reboot. You can select which operating system you want
to boot from this menu.

One word of advise. When you dual boot, if you boot to XP all system restore
points on Vista will be deleted (this even includes shadow copies of
Complete PC Backup if you are running the Ultimate edition) I personally
image my drives so i don't need system restore. If you have Vista ultimate a
way around the problem is to use bitlocker encrytption.

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quadcap said:
Plan to install a dual boot of Window Vista Basic and Win xp. However I am
not sure how to go about.Do I install xp first in "c" than install "Vista"
in
"D" partition. Appreciate your response, thanks
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Limiting responses to newsgroups can give you more good hits.

Search for "dual boot vista" at groups.google.com
I like 100 responses per page, so I use
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like microsoft.*

-Paul Randall
 
Many thanks for your response.

Paul Randall said:
Google is your knowledge friend. Sometimes difficult to understand.
Limiting responses to newsgroups can give you more good hits.

Search for "dual boot vista" at groups.google.com
I like 100 responses per page, so I use
http://groups.google.com/advanced_search? where I can specify number of
messages per page and how I want them sorted, or to limit which newsgroups,
like microsoft.*

-Paul Randall
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