Attach your new second drive, set the BIOS so that it is first in boot
priority. Install XP. Reset the BIOS to have your Vista drive as first in
boot priority. Download and install EasyBCD or VistaBootPro and then add a
legacy system to the boot process, pointing to your XP system. Reboot and
try the legacy system. If it doesn't work, copy the ntldr, ntdetect.com and
boot.ini files to the Vista drive. Change the boot.ini file to point xp to
the proper drive
"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
>
>
> -Kev
>