Vista Instal

Is it possible to instal Vista on a second HD and still keep XP on the first.
I would like to be able to do this to make it easier to uninstall Vista in
the future.

Not only is it possible, it is recommended


"johncon612" <johncon612@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Is it possible to instal Vista on a second HD and still keep XP on the
> first.
> I would like to be able to do this to make it easier to uninstall Vista in
> the future.

Yes, this works fine... Just make sure:

- You DO NOT select upgrade when Vista setup asks you.... you want to do a
clean install
- You Select your SECOND hard drive when it asks you where to install ..
don't select your XP hard drive by mistake!

- JB

"johncon612" <johncon612@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Is it possible to instal Vista on a second HD and still keep XP on the
> first.
> I would like to be able to do this to make it easier to uninstall Vista in
> the future.

Yes that is no problem and is indeed a better option. Bung in the DVD while
in XP. Setup will launch. Ensure you choose Custom install then you get
the choice to install onto D drive (or whatever letter your second drive
is).

Thanks guys. Haven't got the dvd yet but will install on second HD when it
arrives.

"Beck" wrote:

>
> "johncon612" <johncon612@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>
> Yes that is no problem and is indeed a better option. Bung in the DVD while
> in XP. Setup will launch. Ensure you choose Custom install then you get
> the choice to install onto D drive (or whatever letter your second drive
> is).
>
>

Vista now installed on second HD. Looks 'pretty" but seems veeerry slow.
Takes ages to bootup.
So far I'm not too excited by it.

"johncon612" wrote:

> Is it possible to instal Vista on a second HD and still keep XP on the first.
> I would like to be able to do this to make it easier to uninstall Vista in
> the future.

It still has lots of debugging code and in general the code is not yet
optimized. A lot of the slowness is due to the video driver (the beta video
drivers are also not fully debugged or optimized yet either).

"johncon612" <johncon612@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Vista now installed on second HD. Looks 'pretty" but seems veeerry slow.
> Takes ages to bootup.
> So far I'm not too excited by it.
>
> "johncon612" wrote:
>