install XP pro after vista is already installed, dual boot ?? how ?

Hi,

I have Vista Ultimate installed and running ok as of now but, game
perfomance is 1/2 of what I used to get with XP on the same machine. I would
like to install XP to another drive on my system to use for gaming only, and
boot to vista for everything else.

Is there a fool proof way to install XP to another drive after Vista is
installed with out having to rebuild or re-activate vista ???

Please help if you can !!!!!

How to dual boot Vista and XP (with Vista installed first)

http://apcmag.com/5485/dualbooting_vista_and_xp
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My Vista Quickstart Guide:
http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
"Someone" <> wrote in message
news:9A207272-0B83-4F0A-BD72-...
> Hi,
>
> I have Vista Ultimate installed and running ok as of now but, game
> perfomance is 1/2 of what I used to get with XP on the same machine. I
> would like to install XP to another drive on my system to use for gaming
> only, and boot to vista for everything else.
>
> Is there a fool proof way to install XP to another drive after Vista is
> installed with out having to rebuild or re-activate vista ???
>
> Please help if you can !!!!!

I installed to a separate drive and use BIOS to change from one to another.
It works well..


"Someone" <> wrote in message
news:9A207272-0B83-4F0A-BD72-...
> Hi,
>
> I have Vista Ultimate installed and running ok as of now but, game
> perfomance is 1/2 of what I used to get with XP on the same machine. I
> would like to install XP to another drive on my system to use for gaming
> only, and boot to vista for everything else.
>
> Is there a fool proof way to install XP to another drive after Vista is
> installed with out having to rebuild or re-activate vista ???
>
> Please help if you can !!!!!

That looks like it might help but, not sure. Do I need to create a new
partition on the same drive for XP ? I have 3 hard drives in this machine. I
just would like to take one of the other drives (not the Vista drive) and
install XP to have a dual boot system.

Just want to be clear, I can not damage my Vista install, too many apps I
need for work, so it does need to be fool proof.

Any other thoughts here ?

Thanks

"Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" <> wrote in message
news:...
> How to dual boot Vista and XP (with Vista installed first)
>
> http://apcmag.com/5485/dualbooting_vista_and_xp
> --
> Andre
> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
> My Vista Quickstart Guide:
> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
> "Someone" <> wrote in message
> news:9A207272-0B83-4F0A-BD72-...
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have Vista Ultimate installed and running ok as of now but, game
>> perfomance is 1/2 of what I used to get with XP on the same machine. I
>> would like to install XP to another drive on my system to use for gaming
>> only, and boot to vista for everything else.
>>
>> Is there a fool proof way to install XP to another drive after Vista is
>> installed with out having to rebuild or re-activate vista ???
>>
>> Please help if you can !!!!!
>
>

I do want to be able to use the drive from both Vista and XP, as it's used
for file storage but, has a lot of free space. So to lock out a drive, it
wont help here.


"Mike Hall - MVP" <> wrote in message
news:%...
>I installed to a separate drive and use BIOS to change from one to another.
>It works well..
>
>
> "Someone" <> wrote in message
> news:9A207272-0B83-4F0A-BD72-...
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have Vista Ultimate installed and running ok as of now but, game
>> perfomance is 1/2 of what I used to get with XP on the same machine. I
>> would like to install XP to another drive on my system to use for gaming
>> only, and boot to vista for everything else.
>>
>> Is there a fool proof way to install XP to another drive after Vista is
>> installed with out having to rebuild or re-activate vista ???
>>
>> Please help if you can !!!!!
>

Never mind, after looking it up (and reading the link you gave) it looks
easy. Too bad I don't have time for the next few days to do it. Oh, well. If
I have problems I'll post back

Thanks !


"Someone" <> wrote in message
news:514670D2-7966-421A-834A-...
> That looks like it might help but, not sure. Do I need to create a new
> partition on the same drive for XP ? I have 3 hard drives in this machine.
> I just would like to take one of the other drives (not the Vista drive)
> and install XP to have a dual boot system.
>
> Just want to be clear, I can not damage my Vista install, too many apps I
> need for work, so it does need to be fool proof.
>
> Any other thoughts here ?
>
> Thanks
>
> "Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> How to dual boot Vista and XP (with Vista installed first)
>>
>> http://apcmag.com/5485/dualbooting_vista_and_xp
>> --
>> Andre
>> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
>> My Vista Quickstart Guide:
>> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
>> "Someone" <> wrote in message
>> news:9A207272-0B83-4F0A-BD72-...
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I have Vista Ultimate installed and running ok as of now but, game
>>> perfomance is 1/2 of what I used to get with XP on the same machine. I
>>> would like to install XP to another drive on my system to use for gaming
>>> only, and boot to vista for everything else.
>>>
>>> Is there a fool proof way to install XP to another drive after Vista is
>>> installed with out having to rebuild or re-activate vista ???
>>>
>>> Please help if you can !!!!!
>>
>>
>

On Tue, 16 Oct 2007 23:10:02 -0400, Someone wrote:

> Any other thoughts here ?

Those apcmag guides are good, go for it!

--
Chris Game

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It doesn't lock out a drive, neither is it dual boot. Essentially, what I
have is a machine with two parallel installations, one Vista and one XP.
Whichever OS is running can see and use all of the drives.

"Someone" <> wrote in message
news:230CB0B4-2C90-4254-994D-...
>I do want to be able to use the drive from both Vista and XP, as it's used
>for file storage but, has a lot of free space. So to lock out a drive, it
>wont help here.
>
>
> "Mike Hall - MVP" <> wrote in message
> news:%...
>>I installed to a separate drive and use BIOS to change from one to
>>another. It works well..
>>
>>
>> "Someone" <> wrote in message
>> news:9A207272-0B83-4F0A-BD72-...
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I have Vista Ultimate installed and running ok as of now but, game
>>> perfomance is 1/2 of what I used to get with XP on the same machine. I
>>> would like to install XP to another drive on my system to use for gaming
>>> only, and boot to vista for everything else.
>>>
>>> Is there a fool proof way to install XP to another drive after Vista is
>>> installed with out having to rebuild or re-activate vista ???
>>>
>>> Please help if you can !!!!!
>>
>