I have also installed Vista RC1 on a partioned drive, Vista now identifys as
"C" drive, even though I set it up as "F" with PartionMagic. That's one
question.....
but, if I understand you correctly, I would need to reinstall every program
that I have installed on the original XP drive, is that correct? I cannot
run any or my already installed programs on the original drive in Vista?
--
Wayne


"Alan Simpson" wrote:

For what it's worth, I went for 40 GB on the Vista partition, 40 GB for XP,
then everything else for documents you'll be using in both OS's. I was able
to get all of Office 2003 and Office 2007, my graphics program, and all my
other basic tools on both partitions with room to spare.


"Ecat" wrote in message
...
I did the same thing on my first install. 10 gigs. After PC Cillan was
installed I couldnt install anything else. I just formatted it and started
over with 70 or 80 gigs just to be sure. If you havent gotten too far into
it, then you might want to concider starting over with alot more space on
your Vista partition.
--


(¯`·._.·Ecat·._.·´¯)
HP a1230n
Athlon 64 Processor 3800+
1 Gig RAM
Radeon X700

Because I only partitioned it for around 10 GB.

To answer your first question, depending on how you created the partition
will determine how it's read and what letter is assigned. I've installed a
second primary partition without using a boot menu and whichever operating
system I used it recongnized the default operating system as being on on
drive C:. If you install using the boot menu then usually it will keep the
other drive letter. For example, in my case Win XP is drive C and Windows
Vista is Drive H

To answer your second question, most program installed under Vista would
have to be reinstalled to run on XP. There are some exceptions. I can run
Pac man from either system using the same folder on XP. However if you have
two partitions, one being XP and the other Vista than you don't have to
reinstall the programs installed on XP. Just boot to XP and run whatever you
installed there. However is you installed new programs on Vista that you
don't have on XP, you would have to reinstall them to run on XP. Again,
there are some exceptions.


"Wayne" wrote in message
...
I have also installed Vista RC1 on a partioned drive, Vista now identifys
as
"C" drive, even though I set it up as "F" with PartionMagic. That's one
question.....
but, if I understand you correctly, I would need to reinstall every
program
that I have installed on the original XP drive, is that correct? I cannot
run any or my already installed programs on the original drive in Vista?
--
Wayne


"Alan Simpson" wrote:

For what it's worth, I went for 40 GB on the Vista partition, 40 GB for
XP,
then everything else for documents you'll be using in both OS's. I was
able
to get all of Office 2003 and Office 2007, my graphics program, and all
my
other basic tools on both partitions with room to spare.


"Ecat" wrote in message
...
I did the same thing on my first install. 10 gigs. After PC Cillan was
installed I couldnt install anything else. I just formatted it and
started
over with 70 or 80 gigs just to be sure. If you havent gotten too far
into
it, then you might want to concider starting over with alot more space
on
your Vista partition.
--


(¯`·._.·Ecat·._.·´¯)
HP a1230n
Athlon 64 Processor 3800+
1 Gig RAM
Radeon X700

Because I only partitioned it for around 10 GB.