On May 3, 1:10*am, philo wrote:
On 05/02/2010 05:48 PM, Bernd wrote:



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XP can be installed on any partition

but the boot files must always be on the active primary...

Using the standard setup ?

Bernd

Yes...
XP can be installed on any partition (not on an external USB drive)

but no matter where it's installed...the boot files...by default
will end up on the active primary.
That's true of all versions of Windows from win95 and up

Installing XP after Vista is a recipe for disaster
though a third party boot manager should be able to handle it
or a Vista repair might do the trick

Usually, XP will install if there is any "unallocated" hard drive
space. It appears that the hard drive might not have any available
left. (Note: there will always small left over that will not get
used.)