Multi-boot XP Vista 32 Vista 64

I have my system set up as a duel-boot, XP and Vista 32 on seperate drives.
I want to add Vista 64 to a third drive. Will the Microsoft boot loader
recoginize and give you the choice of three possible operating system

Dogman wrote:
> I have my system set up as a duel-boot, XP and Vista 32 on seperate drives.
> I want to add Vista 64 to a third drive. Will the Microsoft boot loader
> recoginize and give you the choice of three possible operating system

Yes.
Frank

Yep, you won't be able to launch setup in either XP or Vista 32 bit, so you
will have to boot from the Vista x64 DVD and select the third drive on which
you would like to install the OS. Vista x64 will show up on the Vista Boot
manager, and XP will still be available under the legacy boot manager
'Earlier version of Windows'.

You might need to rename the Vista x64 entry since you won't be able to
easily tell which is 32 or 64 bit, for this you use EasyBCD by NeoSmart
Technologies
http://neosmart.net/dl.php?id=1
--
Andre
Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
My Vista Quickstart Guide:
http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
"Dogman" <> wrote in message
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>I have my system set up as a duel-boot, XP and Vista 32 on seperate drives.
> I want to add Vista 64 to a third drive. Will the Microsoft boot loader
> recoginize and give you the choice of three possible operating system

Why is it that I would not bee able to lauch setup for Vista 64 from XP?

"Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" wrote:

> Yep, you won't be able to launch setup in either XP or Vista 32 bit, so you
> will have to boot from the Vista x64 DVD and select the third drive on which
> you would like to install the OS. Vista x64 will show up on the Vista Boot
> manager, and XP will still be available under the legacy boot manager
> 'Earlier version of Windows'.
>
> You might need to rename the Vista x64 entry since you won't be able to
> easily tell which is 32 or 64 bit, for this you use EasyBCD by NeoSmart
> Technologies
> http://neosmart.net/dl.php?id=1
> --
> Andre
> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
> My Vista Quickstart Guide:
> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
> "Dogman" <> wrote in message
> news:985931C3-C66B-4539-9FBA-...
> >I have my system set up as a duel-boot, XP and Vista 32 on seperate drives.
> > I want to add Vista 64 to a third drive. Will the Microsoft boot loader
> > recoginize and give you the choice of three possible operating system
>
>
>

Because some people normally launch setup of another installation of Windows
from within Windows too if they are going to install on another partition. I
just wanted to point that out because with 64 Bit Windows, setup will work.
--
Andre
Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
My Vista Quickstart Guide:
http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
"Dogman" <> wrote in message
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> Why is it that I would not bee able to lauch setup for Vista 64 from XP?
>
> "Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" wrote:
>
>> Yep, you won't be able to launch setup in either XP or Vista 32 bit, so
>> you
>> will have to boot from the Vista x64 DVD and select the third drive on
>> which
>> you would like to install the OS. Vista x64 will show up on the Vista
>> Boot
>> manager, and XP will still be available under the legacy boot manager
>> 'Earlier version of Windows'.
>>
>> You might need to rename the Vista x64 entry since you won't be able to
>> easily tell which is 32 or 64 bit, for this you use EasyBCD by NeoSmart
>> Technologies
>> http://neosmart.net/dl.php?id=1
>> --
>> Andre
>> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
>> My Vista Quickstart Guide:
>> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
>> "Dogman" <> wrote in message
>> news:985931C3-C66B-4539-9FBA-...
>> >I have my system set up as a duel-boot, XP and Vista 32 on seperate
>> >drives.
>> > I want to add Vista 64 to a third drive. Will the Microsoft boot
>> > loader
>> > recoginize and give you the choice of three possible operating system
>>
>>
>>

guess what? You need 2 seperate liscences if you want to have vista32 and
vista64 installed on the same computer even if you dont use them (dah) at
the same time...

So you must have 2 seperate product keys... right? :-)

"Dogman" <> wrote in message
news:985931C3-C66B-4539-9FBA-...
>I have my system set up as a duel-boot, XP and Vista 32 on seperate drives.
> I want to add Vista 64 to a third drive. Will the Microsoft boot loader
> recoginize and give you the choice of three possible operating system