Vista - Dual Boot XP Home & Vista Home Premium Upgrade

Right now I have my hard drive partitioned into three parts: 1) XP Home 2)
Vista RC2 and 3) Data files.

If I purchase the Vista Upgrade, does it verify the previous OS disc like an
XP upgrade, or will my copy of XP be disabled upon installing Vista.

I really want to purchase the Vista Upgrade and dual boot between that and
XP Home.

Will this work or not?

You'll need to purchase a "Full License" version of Windows Vista
if you wish to dual-boot with Windows XP.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

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"EthylOH" wrote:

Right now I have my hard drive partitioned into three parts: 1) XP Home 2)
Vista RC2 and 3) Data files.

If I purchase the Vista Upgrade, does it verify the previous OS disc like an
XP upgrade, or will my copy of XP be disabled upon installing Vista.

I really want to purchase the Vista Upgrade and dual boot between that and
XP Home.

Will this work or not?

As I unerstand it, your XP will be disabled if you don't buy the full
version.


"EthylOH" <EthylOH@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Right now I have my hard drive partitioned into three parts: 1) XP Home 2)
> Vista RC2 and 3) Data files.
>
> If I purchase the Vista Upgrade, does it verify the previous OS disc like
> an
> XP upgrade, or will my copy of XP be disabled upon installing Vista.
>
> I really want to purchase the Vista Upgrade and dual boot between that and
> XP Home.
>
> Will this work or not?