how can i set up a second HD to run XP on..?? passnthru2 <guest[ at ]unknown-email.com> 12/7/2008 10:39:22 PM my Vista64 problems have worn me out, i need to have access to an XP program. i want to get a bigger HD, 1 Tb, put XP on it, and later when Vista64 problems are resolved, i can put my Vista on as a dual boot on the new big HD, i hear it is better to ad Vista to XP. there are just too many things i need to do that are not compatible with Vista i need to do this as simply as possible, like changing the HD's in the BIO's, i can not afford to crash the Vista, which i hear is common with setting up a dual boot on the same HD. my other question is if i will run into a lot of problems if i use XP64, i have 8 Gig of RAM. i need to run Dragon10 voice recognition.. takes a full Gig. and I'd like to play competition Multiplayer games..i have a 1Gig GPU, but i will settle for XP32 to avoid problems, that is why i parking the Vista to begin with. i am not familiar with the details of tweaking things in the Matrix, i build Avionics control circuit boards for the F22 and the Delta3 Rocket.. but i dont mess with their programs. just learning this part of it. if anyone has some links they know of that would help me out, i appreciate the info -- passnthru2

Re: how can i set up a second HD to run XP on..?? "Rick Rogers" <rick[ at ]mvps.org> 12/7/2008 11:01:01 PM Hi, I would simply disconnect the drive with Vista on it and connect the new one, then boot up and install XP. That'd be the simplest way. If you install XP to the new drive and the old one is still the active drive, then the boot files will be written there and overwrite the bootloader files used by Vista with the XP version. To later access the Vista installation you would need to follow the instructions here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/919529 Also, in this configuration the drive containing Vista cannot be removed and must remain in the system. Removing it will require a reparation of the XP install. -- Best of Luck, Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Windows help - www.rickrogers.org My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com "passnthru2" <guest[ at ]unknown-email.com> wrote in message news:5c7c709240018e9f3d162cd2fce1aadd[ at ]nntp-gateway.com... [Quoted Text] > > my Vista64 problems have worn me out, i need to have access to an XP > program. > > i want to get a bigger HD, 1 Tb, put XP on it, and later when Vista64 > problems are resolved, i can put my Vista on as a dual boot on the new > big HD, i hear it is better to ad Vista to XP. > > there are just too many things i need to do that are not compatible > with Vista > > i need to do this as simply as possible, like changing the HD's in the > BIO's, i can not afford to crash the Vista, which i hear is common with > setting up a dual boot on the same HD. > > my other question is if i will run into a lot of problems if i use > XP64, i have 8 Gig of RAM. i need to run Dragon10 voice recognition.. > takes a full Gig. and I'd like to play competition Multiplayer games..i > have a 1Gig GPU, but i will settle for XP32 to avoid problems, that is > why i parking the Vista to begin with. > > i am not familiar with the details of tweaking things in the Matrix, i > build Avionics control circuit boards for the F22 and the Delta3 > Rocket.. but i dont mess with their programs. just learning this part of > it. > > if anyone has some links they know of that would help me out, i > appreciate the info > > > -- > passnthru2