I'm looking to install vista 64bit but i'm getting really confused as to the order I should install things.
I have 2 hard drives; 1 has XP pro 32bit installed on a partition (the other partition is just storage), and I have Vista 32bit installed on the other hard drive. I want to replace the XP install with a vista 64bit install, therefore running both 32bit and 64bit versions of vista running on different hard drives (just while i get 64 bit setup).
Now is it just as simple as formatting the XP partition and installing 64bit vista? I was going to format it last night using partition magic but it gave the warning about not having an active partion set, i didn't know what this was so i didn't do it lol.
Also i'm not using any kind of dual booting program at the moment, just the standard windows one where i get the choice to boot xp or vista (although I have 2 vista options listed even though I have only installed it once
).
So if anyone could help explain things I would be very grateful.
I have 2 hard drives; 1 has XP pro 32bit installed on a partition (the other partition is just storage), and I have Vista 32bit installed on the other hard drive. I want to replace the XP install with a vista 64bit install, therefore running both 32bit and 64bit versions of vista running on different hard drives (just while i get 64 bit setup).
Now is it just as simple as formatting the XP partition and installing 64bit vista? I was going to format it last night using partition magic but it gave the warning about not having an active partion set, i didn't know what this was so i didn't do it lol.
Also i'm not using any kind of dual booting program at the moment, just the standard windows one where i get the choice to boot xp or vista (although I have 2 vista options listed even though I have only installed it once

So if anyone could help explain things I would be very grateful.