Paul Randall wrote:
> "Carl F" <carlf@mindspring.com> wrote in message
> news:e$0gA$r1HHA.4712@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> 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
>
> Does WXP wipe out Vista's restore points?
>
> -Paul Randall
>
>
I do not use restore points. I do frequent complete
multiple partition backups to a network drive and an internal second
hard drive (belt and suspenders).
I read that the restore points get removed.
Carl F