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Hi all,
I am building a new machine and I've bought Vista x64 (full) OEM
license. I've also got a (full) unused XP SP2 license from my
university. Now I would really like to dualboot Vista x64 and XP x32,
but unfortunately I have only one physical drive (it's a 500gb SATA).
Is this possible?

Thanks,
-Ivan

yes. Install XP first. During the install, create at least two partitions (I
prefer at least three - one for each OS, one for data.)

Then, once you have that all up and working, install Vista into a different
partition.

--
Charlie.
http://msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64

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> Hi all,
> I am building a new machine and I've bought Vista x64 (full) OEM
> license. I've also got a (full) unused XP SP2 license from my
> university. Now I would really like to dualboot Vista x64 and XP x32,
> but unfortunately I have only one physical drive (it's a 500gb SATA).
> Is this possible?
>
> Thanks,
> -Ivan
>

Follow Charlie's advice, and remember that you will lose all your Vista
restore points each time you boot into your XP system.

<> wrote in message
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> Hi all,
> I am building a new machine and I've bought Vista x64 (full) OEM
> license. I've also got a (full) unused XP SP2 license from my
> university. Now I would really like to dualboot Vista x64 and XP x32,
> but unfortunately I have only one physical drive (it's a 500gb SATA).
> Is this possible?
>
> Thanks,
> -Ivan
>

John:
If Ivan has Vista Ultimate x64, BitLocker would be available. Also
third party boot managers should hide the Vista partition from XP. Have a
great day.

--
Dennis Pack
XP x64, Vista Enterprise x64
Office2007
"John Barnes" <> wrote in message
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> Follow Charlie's advice, and remember that you will lose all your Vista
> restore points each time you boot into your XP system.
>
> <> wrote in message
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>> Hi all,
>> I am building a new machine and I've bought Vista x64 (full) OEM
>> license. I've also got a (full) unused XP SP2 license from my
>> university. Now I would really like to dualboot Vista x64 and XP x32,
>> but unfortunately I have only one physical drive (it's a 500gb SATA).
>> Is this possible?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> -Ivan
>>
>

Thanks you everyone.

Thank you everyone.