Hey. I have 4 HDD's 2 SATA and 2 IDE.

1: Primary which is running Vista Ultimate x64 - 500gb
2: Holds important work info
3: Blank (IDE)
4: Back up (IDE)

I'm thinking about installing Win XP SP 2 on the 3rd drive. I know how
to install an OS, but what would I have to boot that drive as primary?
Mess around with the jumpers everytime? Or would there be an option to
boot that harddrive first? I'm not an expert at this stuff. HELP!


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rewindurmind

hi rewindurmind, welcome to the vista forums arty:

dual booting vista and XP is not a major problem , but is easier if xp
is installed first

have a look at this step by step

'How to dual boot Vista and XP (with Vista installed first) -- the
step-by-step guide with screenshots'
(http://apcmag.com/how_to_dual_boot_v...step_guide.htm)

also for controlling the vista boot loader after install have a look at
this

'Download EasyBCD 1.7.2 - NeoSmart Technologies'
(http://neosmart.net/dl.php?id=1)

Hope this helps


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barman58

Regards,
*Nigel*
the beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not
understand.,- frank herbert

barman58;872175 Wrote:
hi rewindurmind, welcome to the vista forums arty:

dual booting vista and XP is not a major problem , but is easier if xp
is installed first

have a look at this step by step

'How to dual boot Vista and XP (with Vista installed first) -- the
step-by-step guide with screenshots'
(http://apcmag.com/how_to_dual_boot_v...step_guide.htm)

also for controlling the vista boot loader after install have a look at
this

'Download EasyBCD 1.7.2 - NeoSmart Technologies'
(http://neosmart.net/dl.php?id=1)

Hope this helps


So I assume XP will be installed on the same drive as Vista? Will I
have to format or will I lose anything on the drive.

Thanks.


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rewindurmind

Hi,

no need to have Vista and XP on the same drive, in fact would always
suggest they are on different drives if at all possible.

What you could do in fact is disconnect your main drive and install XP
on another drive so that XP does not know about Vista, then when you
have XP running reconnect and boot vista and use EasyBCD to set-up your
dual boot.

if you do this two drive setup you should have some form of boot drive
selection option within your BIOS, on my AMI BIOS I can press F10 to
choose which disk I boot from, this will if you ever need it allow you
to boot xp without the vista boot loader.


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barman58

Regards,
*Nigel*
the beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not
understand.,- frank herbert