Paul Randall wrote:
> "Kev" <Kev@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:52398BDE-49A6-4A12-BBEC-5F101A2173E8@microsoft.com...
>> Hi,
>> I am a keen gamer and although i love vista the compatability problems
>> mean
>> that i may need to set up dual boot.
>>
>> I have Vista home premium 64bit on my C drive right now.
>>
>> I plan to get another drive, get XP 64bit, instal it on that hard drive
>> and
>> have a dual boot sytem to allow me to play games i can't play right now.
>>
>> I have tried reading up but most of the info talks about dual boots with
>> XP
>> first or on partitions rather than seperate hard drives and talks about
>> having to repair vista.
>>
>> So my question is: how would i set up my pc to have Vista on one drive
>> and
>> XP on the other and essentialy just have a start up menu to choose which
>> one
>> i want to use on that login?
>>
>> My logic states just instal on seperate hard drives and all things will be
>> fine, but reading up it seems not the case, so basicaly HELP! 
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>>
>> Any advice or help would be appreciated
>
> I haven't tried this, but perhaps it would work.
> With only one drive connected, install Vista. After doing your typical
> setup configuration of first boot-up as a user, shutdown and connect the
> second drive. On startup, as soon as you have control, remove the drive
> letter from the second drive, so your Vista only sees the drive it is
> installed on. Install WXP on the second drive, using a similar procedure.
> Each time at boot up, hit the function key that allows selecting which drive
> to boot from.
>
> I'd be interested in hearing if this actually works and keeps the systems
> separate so that both system's recovery stores work.
>
> -Paul Randall
>
>
I have XP 64 bit on C: and Vista Ultimate 64 bit on V:
The system has been working well for 4 months
See
http://www.vistabootpro.org/index-changelog.php
for an easy way to set the startup choices
Carl F