Ok, i just descovered something:
in the advanced system menu, go to start up and recovery. in there there
are some settings that imply that vista can control which os i use.
eg Default operating system
and time to display list of OS's
so what does this mean, that it is as simple as i think (just instal XP on
second hard drive and make sure vista is primary boot) or is it still gonna
be complicated?
"John Barnes" wrote:
> 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
> 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! 
)
> >
> > Any advice or help would be appreciated
> >
> >
> > -Kev
> >
>
>