dual operating systems

[kiido]

hi guys

i have seen computers running two operating systems on one machine with optional startup, is this recommended i have windows xp and would like to install vista for gaming purposes but have xp for the the stability. i have dx10 cards and feel its going to waste.

Cheers Jon

[system7]

It's pretty easy from a fresh install.

First use downloaded hard drive manufacturers utilities to partition a hard drive into two equal NTFS parts. Or shrink your XP partition with a utility like GParted on CD-R, and format the created space, or use the shrink partition feature on a Vista setup DVD. Or get an additional hard drive.

The older Windows operating system should be installed first. Then install Vista to the empty D: drive, which will write a new bootloader and option menu to the start of the first drive or partition. Er, that's it... 8)

[Nox]

vista doesn't have a stability problem, or a driver problem for that matter. Only thing wrong with it is... its too big bloaty and doing 100 things it doesn't need to, and thus... runs slower than XP

Nox

[kiido]

sounds easy enough thanks guys

[TheMadDutchDude]

Hope you can get it working, mine constantly mucked up.. check my PROBLEMS one slightly above your thread.

[matz]

im going to be thinking about slabbing vista on this 250GB harddrive but im wondering would i still be able to read this drive when on 1TB on vista?