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    Two O/S?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by misteredude, Aug 11, 2007.

  1. misteredude

    misteredude Newbie

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    I have Vista Home Premium on my primary HD but I really need XP Pro back to run most of my software for work. Can I install it on my second drive and boot to it and still keep Vista inactive on the original drive? Eventually I will be able to go back to Vista with my software, but I need full productivity back now. Is this possible? Thanks!
     
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  2. allan_huang

    allan_huang Notebook Deity

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    Yes, make sure it is on another partition or hard drive.
    Had MS Xp and Server 2003 running on one HDD a while back.
     
    allan_huang, Aug 11, 2007
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  3. lupin..the..3rd

    lupin..the..3rd Notebook Evangelist

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    Why bother? Vista is garbage, kick that trash to the curb and just stick with XP. Why keep an entire operating system around if it doesn't meet your needs?? :confused:
     
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