"Carl F" <carlf@mindspring.com> wrote in message
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> Paul Randall wrote:
>> "Kev" <Kev@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>>> 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! 
)
>>>
>>> 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
Does WXP wipe out Vista's restore points?
-Paul Randall