OK, Vista preinstalled, then Windows XP:
http://www.pro-networks.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=88231
( so you know where to go for
http://www.vistabootpro.org/ )
something you will need to take care of about what XP sees:
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/dualboot.html
"help me" <noname@noname.com> wrote in message news:8979D984-465B-4E1D-B92B-F799FFDE5C07@microsoft.com...
> ok i know how to do a dual boot after xp mce installed my question is
> however i have vista preinstalled on my pc but i want xp to how can i do
> this. btw i cant install xp then vista cos my restore disk re formats the
> HDD ! so xp needs to be installed after vista
>
> thank you in advance tj
>