yet another dual boot question

Hi, I thought I would be fine on this, but after having read through a few posts I'm more confused than ever. At present I have two hard disks on my machine, I have XP Pro on my first disk, c: and the second drive has a 20GB backup partition on it f:(Data from c:) I also have set up my virtual memory on a 3GB partition (p:)on the second hard drive as well. Both drives are 80 GB sata. (side note - I noticed a very significant speed boost after doing this with the virtual memory) So, what's my best plan of attack here, I want to install Vista 64 on my computer and dual boot with XP Pro. Do I just pop the dvd in the drive and clcik through the installation? I do expect to maintain XP Pro as my main OS, Vista will most likely be wiped out after a period of time. I just thought I had better plan this out to make sure I can access my XP Pro without any problems. Cheers from Peter.

"pmccrackan" wrote in message

Hi, I thought I would be fine on this, but after having read through a few posts I'm more confused than ever. At present I have two hard disks on my machine, I have XP Pro on my first disk, c: and the second drive has a 20GB backup partition on it f:(Data from c:) I also have set up my virtual memory on a 3GB partition (p:)on the second hard drive as well. Both drives are 80 GB sata. (side note - I noticed a very significant speed boost after doing this with the virtual memory) So, what's my best plan of attack here, I want to install Vista 64 on my computer and dual boot with XP Pro. Do I just pop the dvd in the drive and clcik through the installation? I do expect to maintain XP Pro as my main OS, Vista will most likely be wiped out after a period of time. I just thought I had better plan this out to make sure I can access my XP Pro without any problems. Cheers from Peter.

The way I did it, and the way I have always added extra operating systems is by using BootitNG. www.bootitng.com It's the only sure-fire way I know of for the average person to make sure that installing a new OS does not mess up your main OS. I can supply details if you are interested in going this route, and there are instructional videos on the website as well.
Lee

Lee Chapelle wrote:

"pmccrackan" wrote in message
Hi, I thought I would be fine on this, but after having read through a few posts I'm more confused than ever. At present I have two hard disks on my machine, I have XP Pro on my first disk, c: and the second drive has a 20GB backup partition on it f:(Data from c:) I also have set up my virtual memory on a 3GB partition (p:)on the second hard drive as well. Both drives are 80 GB sata. (side note - I noticed a very significant speed boost after doing this with the virtual memory) So, what's my best plan of attack here, I want to install Vista 64 on my computer and dual boot with XP Pro. Do I just pop the dvd in the drive and clcik through the installation? I do expect to maintain XP Pro as my main OS, Vista will most likely be wiped out after a period of time. I just thought I had better plan this out to make sure I can access my XP Pro without any problems. Cheers from Peter.
The way I did it, and the way I have always added extra operating systems is by using BootitNG. www.bootitng.com It's the only sure-fire way I know of for the average person to make sure that installing a new OS does not mess up your main OS. I can supply details if you are interested in going this route, and there are instructional videos on the website as well.
Lee

Are they still charging $35 for BootItNG?

"Ron Miller" wrote in message

Lee Chapelle wrote: "pmccrackan" wrote in message
Hi, I thought I would be fine on this, but after having read through a few posts I'm more confused than ever. At present I have two hard disks on my machine, I have XP Pro on my first disk, c: and the second drive has a 20GB backup partition on it f:(Data from c:) I also have set up my virtual memory on a 3GB partition (p:)on the second hard drive as well. Both drives are 80 GB sata. (side note - I noticed a very significant speed boost after doing this with the virtual memory) So, what's my best plan of attack here, I want to install Vista 64 on my computer and dual boot with XP Pro. Do I just pop the dvd in the drive and clcik through the installation? I do expect to maintain XP Pro as my main OS, Vista will most likely be wiped out after a period of time. I just thought I had better plan this out to make sure I can access my XP Pro without any problems. Cheers from Peter.
The way I did it, and the way I have always added extra operating systems is by using BootitNG. www.bootitng.com It's the only sure-fire way I know of for the average person to make sure that installing a new OS does not mess up your main OS. I can supply details if you are interested in going this route, and there are instructional videos on the website as well.
Lee
Are they still charging $35 for BootItNG?

I think it's $39, still one of the best software values.

I cannot find any info on BootitNG.com, seems to be a dead link, tried google, and all the spelling variations I could think of. Anyway, I'm not all that interested in buying software to help with dual booting. I would prefer to learn the good, bad and the ugly points myself. thanks anyway.
"Lee Chapelle" wrote:

"pmccrackan" wrote in message Hi, I thought I would be fine on this, but after having read through a few posts I'm more confused than ever. At present I have two hard disks on my machine, I have XP Pro on my first disk, c: and the second drive has a 20GB backup partition on it f:(Data from c:) I also have set up my virtual memory on a 3GB partition (p:)on the second hard drive as well. Both drives are 80 GB sata. (side note - I noticed a very significant speed boost after doing this with the virtual memory) So, what's my best plan of attack here, I want to install Vista 64 on my computer and dual boot with XP Pro. Do I just pop the dvd in the drive and clcik through the installation? I do expect to maintain XP Pro as my main OS, Vista will most likely be wiped out after a period of time. I just thought I had better plan this out to make sure I can access my XP Pro without any problems. Cheers from Peter.
The way I did it, and the way I have always added extra operating systems is by using BootitNG. www.bootitng.com It's the only sure-fire way I know of for the average person to make sure that installing a new OS does not mess up your main OS. I can supply details if you are interested in going this route, and there are instructional videos on the website as well.
Lee

On Sat, 10 Jun 2006 15:54:47 -0700, "Lee Chapelle" wrote:

"Ron Miller" wrote in message Lee Chapelle wrote: "pmccrackan" wrote in message
Hi, I thought I would be fine on this, but after having read through a few posts I'm more confused than ever. At present I have two hard disks on my machine, I have XP Pro on my first disk, c: and the second drive has a 20GB backup partition on it f:(Data from c:) I also have set up my virtual memory on a 3GB partition (p:)on the second hard drive as well. Both drives are 80 GB sata. (side note - I noticed a very significant speed boost after doing this with the virtual memory) So, what's my best plan of attack here, I want to install Vista 64 on my computer and dual boot with XP Pro. Do I just pop the dvd in the drive and clcik through the installation? I do expect to maintain XP Pro as my main OS, Vista will most likely be wiped out after a period of time. I just thought I had better plan this out to make sure I can access my XP Pro without any problems. Cheers from Peter.
The way I did it, and the way I have always added extra operating systems is by using BootitNG. www.bootitng.com It's the only sure-fire way I know of for the average person to make sure that installing a new OS does not mess up your main OS. I can supply details if you are interested in going this route, and there are instructional videos on the website as well.
Lee
Are they still charging $35 for BootItNG?
I think it's $39, still one of the best software values.

It is a great value. It's less than either Ghost or Acronis True Image, and it performs some of the functions of Partition Magic, as well, doesn't it?