xp and vista on same pc

romperstomper · 12 Sep 2007 at 21:42

Does anyone have both sytems on the same computer ?

So if I build a system and install vista 64 on harddrive 1 then plug my old hard drive which is running xp 32 into the same computer and change the bios to boot from harddrive 2 I should then have xp !

Would that work ?

Craig321 · 12 Sep 2007 at 21:51

That should work perfectly.

On my other PC I have my 200GB partitioned (100x2), first half with XP and second half with Vista... the Vista installation did all the boot menus etc. properly for me.

MeatLoaf · 12 Sep 2007 at 22:09

Yes it will be fine. Currently i have XP on one drive and Vista on the other. You can select with OS to load at startup

romperstomper · 12 Sep 2007 at 23:55

Cool thanks guy's

MeatLoaf · 13 Sep 2007 at 08:32

I forgot to say before that you need to install XP first tho

bfar · 13 Sep 2007 at 11:42

I just installed each one while the other harddisk was plugged out.

That way I don't have the XP boot menu - I just use the boot menu in the bios, F8 on my p5b delux. Alls good.

kirbz · 13 Sep 2007 at 13:06

as said yes it works fine and install xp first and make 2 partitions and then install vista and you should be good to go.