i have several problems / questions:
1. when installing multiple OS’s, do i use primary or logical partitions for those?
2. the partitioning utility in the windows (xp) disc doesnt seem to give me a choice of wether i want a partition primary or logical (not looking hard enough?)
3.) i plan to make 3 partitions, 1) windows xp 2) windows xp x64 edition 3) windows vista; should i create a seperate partition to use for sharing files between these OS’s? if so how large a partition and what type of partition?
4.) i plan on using BootMagic as a bootloader; after reading the guide it sais i need a small (30-50mb)FAT or FAT32 partition; i have no problem doing this but which should i use, FAT or FAT32? and what does it ean when it sais it needs to be before the 8gb mark or something like that?
5.) i have a 160gb HDD (152GB available), i plan to split the 3 partitions as fallows (if i do not create a seperate partition for sharing files):
1) windows xp (80GB)
2) windows xp x64 edition (35GB)
3) windows vista (35GB)
is this a good setup or would you suggest something else fallowing these considerations: i do quite a bit of gaming on my computer (games taking up about 15-20gb of space), i plan for windows xp to be my primary OS, use x64 for certian games and programs, and vista to play with and/or use for certian games.
Ive installed multiple OS’s on my computer before, but have never taken in consderation the difference in partition types. Help would be much appreciated.