Re: Vista and XP on same machine
- From: barman58 <guest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:53:08 -0600
Ivan Vegvary;882736 Wrote:
Bought a new Gateway w/ AMD triple core processor and 6 gigs of memory.
500
gig hard drive with Vista home premium installed.
Because of some legacy programs that I don't want upgrade (e.g.
Autodesk
Land Development 2005) I am curious about the following:
Can I simply install my XP hard drive into the computer, and, upon
bootup
push the F10 button and request a boot from the XP drive. Said drive
has
the Autodesk program and the drivers for the HP Design Jet 600 Plotter.
Seems so much simpler than keeping two machines around. I would only
need
to boot from the XP drive about once or twice a month. BTW, there are
no
drivers available for the HP plotter running on Vista.
Has anybody done this? There is some talk about dual boot from the
same
hard drive, but, why not simply install a second drive with a different
operating system?
Thanks for all advice,
Ivan Vegvary
Hello Ivan,
you may want to take a look at these walk-throughs and decide which is
best for you ...
'How to dual boot Vista and XP (with Vista installed first) -- the
step-by-step guide with screenshots'
(http://apcmag.com/how_to_dual_boot_vista_and_xp_with_vista_installed_first__the_stepbystep_guide.htm)
'How to dual-boot Vista with XP (with XP installed first) -
step-by-step guide with screenshots'
(http://apcmag.com/how_to_dualboot_vista_with_xp__stepbystep_guide_with_screenshots.htm)
and for controlling the Dual Boot after it's set-up ....
'Download EasyBCD 1.7.2 - NeoSmart Technologies'
(http://neosmart.net/dl.php?id=1)
The documentation on the NeoSmart site may be useful too
--
barman58
Regards,
*Nigel*
the beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not
understand.,- frank herbert
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