Help

Start a discussion
UNSOLVED

kyo77

updated

20 years ago

K

kyo77

1 Rookie

•

71 Posts

0

5643

April 18th, 2007 16:00

Dual Boot or not to Dual Boot that is the question

Hi all,
Let me run this by all of you and I want you guys to give some ideas if you could. I will be purchasing an additional raptor drive i.e 10,000 rpm SATA. I would like to leave my primary raptor with XP pro as the OS on, and add this second raptor w/ Vista Ultimate as the OS, and then toggle between the two OS's using the boot sequence.  Is this possible? Might there be a better safer way? Any info you guys have or even alternate ideas would be much appreciated. Thanks all.:smileywink: 
 
FYI. I've seen some instances where people partition there drive and install both OS's on the same drive and then use some kind of software to prompt you which one you would like to boot to, but this seems a bit ify to me.
Also I'm only doing this so that I can get a feel for Vista so I can gradually ease into it. PLUS HALO2 for Vista! Yes I love HALO:smileytongue: 


Message Edited by kyo77 on 04-18-2007 12:22 PM

Message Edited by kyo77 on 04-18-2007 12:22 PM

Message Edited by kyo77 on 04-18-2007 12:23 PM
  • C

    C3PO5

    2 Intern

    •

    2693 Posts

    87

    0

    Posted April 18th, 2007 16:00

    Hi kyo77
    The plan you have is a good solid one  it will work
    but i would remove the drive with XP on it and install Vista on the new drive
    @ sata spot 0
    then put your XP drive @ sata spot 1 LEAVE IT OUT untill you get Vista installed
    and in your bios turn off Vista drive off to get to XP drive
    the reason  to do this is XP  WILL KILL YOUR RESTORE POINTS IN VISTA  
    but Vista will not kill the restore points for XP.
     Good luck
    if you have other ??? i will try to help you

Dell Support Resources

Latest Solutions

View More