its good to see some people pop in here who know what they are doing.
Usually this newsgroup is plagued by computer illiterate vistaboys that
claim to know stuff.
"Computer Guru" <ComputerGuru@NeoSmart.net> wrote in message
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> One of the most common questions I've seen asked here is if it's
> possible to hide the Windows Vista partition from Windows XP
> installations because of the bug where Windows XP will delete the
> system restore points for all Vista installs on that machine if it
> sees the drive [1]. One solution is to use Bitlocker drive encryption
> which rarely works and another is to use 3rd party paid products like
> PQBoot or Acronis OS Selector - none of which are very compatible nor
> free; and tend to create more problems than they solve.
>
> Here is another solution which uses the 100% free EasyBCD and the
> NeoGrub component - unlike other options, these were built for,
> around, and on Windows Vista, so compatibility is a non-issue.
>
> You can use NeoGrub to boot into multiple Windows XP installations and
> hide all Vista installs in the progress as well; circumventing the
> system restore bug entirely.
>
> These are the detailed step-by-step instructions:
> http://neosmart.net/blog/2007/hide-v...ition-from-xp/
>
> EasyBCD can be downloaded for free from http://neosmart.net/dl.php?id=1
> NeoGrub Documentation (WIP): http://neosmart.net/wiki/display/EBCD/NeoGrub
>
> Hope this helps!
>
> [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/926185
>
> -Computer Guru
> http://neosmart.net/
>