Save yourself some time/trouble and download Virtual Server 2007 (it's
free). That way, you can load any OS that you want into a Virtual Session
on your Vista machine. You can access all your hardware from the Virtual XP
box, that you'd have trouble finding drivers for.
That's why I don't recommend downgrading, unless you have the drivers
beforehand. I've seen too many failed attempts.
- David
"mahesh_australia" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message
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>
> Hi Everyone,
>
> Wishing all a happy new year...
>
> I have HP Pavilion dv9205TX laptop with the following configuration:
> 64-bit core2duo 2GHz processor, 2G RAM, 2X160G HDD, 64-bit Vista
> Ultimate on the 1st hard drive (C: )
>
> I want to install 32-bit Win XP PRO SP3 on the 2nd hard drive (D: )
>
> I wanted to know if this is a straight forward installation by choosing
> the drive letter D: during the installation or do I still need to use
> the software like EasyBCD or VistaBootPro? Which of these softwares will
> make my work easy?
>
> Will it be easy to format the hard drive, install 32-bit XP on the 2nd
> hard drive(D: ) and then proceed with installing 64-bit vista on the 1st
> hard drive(C: ) (or) the other way around?
>
> Thank you in advance for your valuable input.
>
> I wish you all a great year ahead!!
>
> Cheers,
> Mahesh
>
>
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> mahesh_australia