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| 545010 | 2007-04-28 11:37:00 | If I already had a dual boot setup with 2 installations of XP, for my own reasons. Then decided to install Vista on yet another partition because I didn't want to shed either of the other systems just yet. Would the Vista boot manager recognize or indeed allow access to both the other systems. |
rocky138 (10636) | ||
| 545011 | 2007-04-28 11:50:00 | It rather depends on how the drive(s) are partitioned. Operating systems need to be on primary partitions. More information needed. |
Sweep (90) | ||
| 545012 | 2007-04-28 12:07:00 | The partitions were setup by the XP installations as was the duel boot. I would also allow Vista to form it's own partition. I've read lots of data on how to boot Vista & XP but no mention of a 3rd. I know XP will boot more than 2. |
rocky138 (10636) | ||
| 545013 | 2007-04-28 21:23:00 | Dual boot also refers to three or more OS's on the same computer. I would say Vista would recognize both XP installations and put them in the boot loader. | pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 545014 | 2007-04-29 00:15:00 | of course it will | drcspy (146) | ||
| 545015 | 2007-04-29 08:58:00 | When you do set up the three, get VistaBootPro. It's a fantastic, easy to use bootloader. | Bryan (147) | ||
| 545016 | 2007-04-29 22:49:00 | I'm pretty sure it will. However I understand that vista will overwrite your MBR so if you want to be able to go back to your previous setup you should back it up first |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 545017 | 2007-04-29 23:31:00 | I thank you all for your advice, will get on to that later this week when the OS arrives. | rocky138 (10636) | ||
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