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vista and xp separate HD dual boot?

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Re: vista and xp separate HD dual boot?

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May 8th, 2008
yes it's possible. I did it. Install them on separate hard drives and boot from the one you want.

Something odd and expectedm yet helpful that I encountered:
I installed Vista second on its own hard drive, and it wrote the Master Boot Record to my XP hard drive instead, so my Vista Hard Drive wont boot on it's own. However, it's helpful, because I dont have to manually select which hard drive to boot from anymore; since the entries for both OS are on the same drive I just set the BIOS to boot from that one.
Last edited by scru : May 8th, 2008 at 3:19 pm.
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