dual boot windows vista 32bit and 64bit on a DV9000 series laptop

hi, i've got an HP pavilon DV9000 series (idk the exact, i think its dv9700.) anyways i was wondering how a dual boot really works? i have two 120GB hd's on this laptop, however when i first got the comp there was a warning not to run an OS off of this drive? why is that?
and if i cant run it off of the second drive, how do i do it? is there a way to partition without losing data on either drives (data is on both.) thanks!

 

dual boot 32 & 64--why, if I may ask...........

 

Yeah -- there's not common reason to install both. A 64-bit OS will handle 32-bit applications, if that's your worry.

 

well i kind of want to see how much faster it actually is. i don't really want to lose my data, and i also don't want to have to deal with the missing driver issues quite just yet. (i know HP has them all.) so i guess the question would then be. is it worth it?
and while i'm dual booting, ive run Ubuntu in a virtual machine before... (i know its dual bootable.) is there a way to run apple's OSX leopard in a virtual machine, or dual boot? i kind of want to play with that OS before i buy a mac. thanks again.

 

btw its illegal to use OSX on a PC. It can only be used on apple products. Its against forum rules to talk about it

 

oh ok. well can any1 answer my other question:
about how much faster 64 bit would be than the 32. and if it's worth it for a reformat to put it on.

 

it's not going to be noticeably faster. If you don't have a specific reason for going to 64bit, stick w/ 32bit for now.

 

that's probably what i needed to hear sir.

 

Actually, it just violates the EULA, which is not a very strong legal agreement. Otherwise, Psystar would have been ripped apart by Apple's legal team by now. The mods here probably just don't want to deal with complaints from Apple.

 

yeppers..... Phystar just changed what, 1 word in the system name, lol

it may be true that the next version will be for window pc's also..

who knows.........