dual boot Vista & XP

I am thinking of buying another hard drive and adding vista, since I don't want to wipe my drive clean and do everything all over. Can I have two different operating systems on two different hard drives? also, would I be able to access stuff on either drive if I do end up doing that.

I am thinking of buying another hard drive and adding vista, since I don't want to wipe my drive clean and do everything all over. Can I have two different operating systems on two different hard drives? also, would I be able to access stuff on either drive if I do end up doing that.

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But then, would I have to load all my games onto hard drive B if they are already on Hard drive A?

But then, would I have to load all my games onto hard drive B if they are already on Hard drive A?

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Right. Each application will need to be reinstalled. You definately want to install applications on the system drive of each operating system.

hmm I was thinking of doing thhis also... sounds like a good idea

hmm maybe I'll just use another computer and wipe clean my drive, that seems easiest. Unless, can you reccomend the upgrade edition? Or how does that work...Flame_Co

what do you mean use another computer and wipe clean your drive?

you already have XP installed...just create another partition on that same HD then install Vista onto that partition. It'll give you a dual boot option when you start up the PC. You can access both operating system, both partition on the HD.

I meant that I could put the important info onto another computer wipe clean the drive then transfer back over.

So i can use one hard drive for two operating systems? If I do that, how much space does vista take up, because I don't have oodles of room on my hard drive for another OS.