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General discussion

Two Systems Vista and XP Pro

Feb 8, 2007 10:13PM PST

Can you put Vista on one drive and leave XP Pro on another drive and switch on boot to which one you want to use?

My Computer is good to go with Vista... Everything is to spec...

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Dual Boot
Feb 9, 2007 5:07AM PST

Yes you can if your BIOS supports dual booting. I have done that with my AUSUS 8N32-SLI-Deluxe. When you start your computer with the Vista CD inserted it will perform checks and if you have 2 drives it will ask you which drive do wish to install it. Simply select the non XP drive. Be advised that they will be separate operating system on the same computer, you can't work on Vista files if you booted to XP and visa versa. They will both install on a C: drive letter....but they aren't on the same drive.

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Dual boot
Feb 9, 2007 5:12AM PST

I forgot to mention that you will need a BOOTABLE copy of Vista. I don't know if an upgrade version is BOOTABLE.

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Dual Boot
Feb 9, 2007 5:17AM PST

Sorry...you can also install XP on both drives and then use the upgrade of Vista to install on either that you want. Install Vista from within XP as an upgrade version. While booting it will ask you which to boot on...Vista or Older version of Windows.

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Dual Boot
Feb 9, 2007 6:10AM PST

Thanks that is all I needed