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Old 03-06-2009, 04:58 PM   #1
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dual boot xp and vista

hello all,

well I am building another pc from a bunch of junk parts again.

MB is a PK5PL-AM/PS

I have xp home installed and been playing with software on it.

using serial hard drives

just got my new copy of vista home premium today and ordered another serial hard drive for it.

my plan is to dual boot with xp and vista.

I ran the vista compatility program and I already have a cd with all the vista drivers for the MB.

if I am thinking correctly, I should be able to just install the new hard drive and then run the vista cd and install on the new HD, and it should set up the dual boot automaticaly right ?

thanks bob
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Yes, just make sure to leave the XP partitions alone during the install.
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Old 03-06-2009, 07:26 PM   #3
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right, xp is on a drive all by itself and vista will be on the new drive all by its self.

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