Personally, I would insert a Harddrive Cradle on the front of the computer
so that you can simply turn one HD off and the other on. That way you
simply change the OS by switching harddrives. Its so simple and safe.
Cradles work great because you can easily keep 2 or 3 Harddrives plugged
into the computer at all times. Then you have a switch that turns power to
the HD on or off.
Simple click of the switch does it all.
"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/
>