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Dual-Booting using Windows XP and Windows Vista

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by donfuller

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Can dual-booting be set up using two seperate hard drives which already have windows software installed independetly (i.e., vista on one hard drive and XP on the other?

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by ic-it

Especially if the XP install was used on that machine. If it wasn't, then you will want to verify that drivers are available for your hardware configuration. You will also need to do a repair and reapply all updates.
But assuming it worked on that system before. You can power off, attach the drive (insuring jumpers are properly set for the placement on the IDE chain (N/A for SATA). Then you will boot into Vista and use BCDEdit. Read this link for instructions on BCDEdit, go to the part on Adding a new boot entry in Windows Vista.
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms791568.aspx
Adding a new boot entry in Windows Vista

by donfuller

Thank you for the information. I'll let you know how this comes out when I get the oportunity to try it. My office keeps me "on the road", so I have to scheldule this carefully.

by rob miners

Good advice from bwilmot. But I am really glad to see that you are using a seperate Drive and Not another Partition.
Rob

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