Vista install on SATA

In article <uDoLy6enGHA.4172@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl>, kerry@kdbNOSPAMsys-
tems.c*a*m says...

>
> When you want to boot to XP you will have to set the BIOS to boot from the
> XP drive and vice versa for Vista. This is the safest way to protect your XP
> installation. Personally I wouldn't even have the XP drive hooked up when
> using Vista unless you have a current backup and know how to restore it.
>

I completely agree with your last statement. That is really excellent
advice. I wouldn't have the XP drive powered up either unless I had a
current Ghost image backup of the entire XP partition.

If Vista has access to a drive it will in all probability write a least a
few files to it. Perhaps for the automatic indexing or something else. If
Vista crashes while writing these files to the XP drive it could
potentially cause problems. Not a major issue to worry about, but
certainly something to consider.