Is this possible?

BlueMak · Mar 15, 2007, 12:10 AM

I have windows XP and a second internal drive for storage. C and E
Leaving aside the other external drives, is it possible to insert a 3rd HDD, install Vista on that, then during each boot of the PC, decide to load Vista or XP, without changing cables/switches each time and without changing the installation of XP as it is now?

coldfrontt · Mar 15, 2007, 12:25 AM

I would imagine the bootloader for vista would keep that straightened out .

Calinerti · Mar 15, 2007, 12:31 AM

I dont see why not. You can set one to load by default, or you can have it ask you each time.

Mar 15, 2007, 12:10 AM	#1
BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,483 Rep Power: 349 System Specs	Is this possible? I have windows XP and a second internal drive for storage. C and E Leaving aside the other external drives, is it possible to insert a 3rd HDD, install Vista on that, then during each boot of the PC, decide to load Vista or XP, without changing cables/switches each time and without changing the installation of XP as it is now? __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*

Mar 15, 2007, 12:25 AM	#2
coldfrontt DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: canada Posts: 248 Rep Power: 0	I would imagine the bootloader for vista would keep that straightened out . __________________ [color=blue]TANSTAAFL![/color]

Mar 15, 2007, 12:31 AM	#3
Calinerti DriverHeaven Addict Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Elysium Posts: 330 Rep Power: 0	I dont see why not. You can set one to load by default, or you can have it ask you each time.