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Old 09-06-2006   #2 (permalink)
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RE: Dual Boot one C Drive Sata E drive IDE



"mstout2001" wrote:

> Ok here is my question. Im not a tech guy so I dont want to do this if its
> not going to work. My main C drive is a Sata drive and My E drive is an IDE
> drive. I wanted to load Vista on the E drive and once all is said and done be
> able to start the computer and have a choice of which OS I boot up to each
> time. For I may not want to boot to Vista all the time or XP Pro all the
> time. If I load Vista on the IDE drive will my computer still work fine. Will
> i say be able to boot to vista on my E drive and see my other drive that has
> XP Pro and all my files on it. Or will I have to go through a big ol process
> to make this all work. I am trying all of MS betas and have the Office 2007
> beta, office live beta and love them both and would really like to try the
> VIsta Beta as well. But not if its going to mess up my whole system and I
> wont have a choice which OS to boot to or if it will just give me a black
> screen becuase if it does then I have no way of coming back here for help.
> Your help and input is much appreciated in advance.
>
> matthew

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