Can I recommend that if you don't know the serial key for your vista
installation then you download the latest keyfinder from Magic Jelly Bean
here;
http://www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder.shtml
If something goes wrong then you can always download a copy of Vista and use
your valid serial.
It's possible but difficult to dual boot xp & vista if vista is installed
1st.
From experience, installing XP after Vista means you can only use XP but
still have access to vista folders and files via file explorer. I think the
reaon why is that XP overwrites the boot file and it doesn't recognise
vista. If vista is installed second then its boot file overwrites the XP
boot file but does recognise the older version of Windows and allows you to
boot both.
Do a search of google on dual booting XP & Vista with Vista being installed
1st
"Pradeep H" <Pradeep H@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I have a new PC with Vista Home premium (32-bit) on it. This PC has one
> SATA hard disk with four partitions. The main partition is c: which also
> has
> Vista. Now, in order for me to use some older programs, I'd like to
> install
> Windows XP on one of the remaining three partitions.
>
> Q1: I'm looking for advice on how I should go about it without having to
> uninstall Vista and only having to go through the XP installation
> Q2: I'd like to have a choice of which OS to boot in the early boot stage.
> Is that possible?
>
> thank you very much in anticipation of your response.
>
> Pradeep
>