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I forgot to say, I installed in this order - Home, Pro 64, Vista Ult. 32 and
they all work fine, though if I want to boot either XP version I have to go
through 2 bootmenus ("Earlier version of Windows" and then Home or Pro 64).
Probably helps that they are all on separate disks.

"Charlie Russel - MVP" wrote:

> There is no reason to use maxtor's proprietary software to partition, and
> lots of reasons not to.
>
> See my blog entries on multi-boot. They cover how to set up 32-bit after
> 64bit.
>
> But before you go too far down that road, you might consider running the
> 32-bit version in a virtual machine. It's a lot easier to live with, since
> you don't have to be rebooting every time you want to get at it.
>
> Be aware that running Vista in dual boot with XP will cause any saved
> snapshots from Vista to be deleted whenever you boot into XP.
>
> --
> Charlie.
> http://msmvps.com/xperts64
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel
>
>
> "geraintwd" <> wrote in message
> news:80237D5A-A11A-4635-A8FC-...
> > Looks like they either weren't deleted or have restored themselves. I have
> > XP
> > Home installed on a PATA drive (250GB, partitioned into approx 120 and
> > 130GB)
> > and I can still boot Pro x64 from the existing SATA drive.
> >
> > However, now I have another problem. The PATA drive is a Maxtor and I used
> > their Maxblast software to partition it and format both partitions in
> > NTFS.
> >
> > The problem is I can't get either version of XP to see the second
> > partition
> > on the PATA drive (though it sees the first partition just fine). My
> > Computer
> > says "J:\ is not accessible. The file or directory is corrupted and
> > unreadable."
> >
> > Disk Management is even less helpful. It lets me delete and recreate a
> > partition and logical drive in the second half of the disk, but when I try
> > to
> > format it I get an error stating that "The path cannot be used for
> > creating a
> > drive path likely because the folder does not exist or is already a drive
> > path to some other volume.". It then follows with a message that the
> > format
> > did not complete successfully.
> >
> > Even stranger, if I attempt to right click -> Properties on any of the
> > disks
> > in the Disk Management console it says "The operation was cancelled due to
> > an
> > internal error".
> >
> > Finally, there is a 128MB partition that shows in My Computer. I can
> > successfully format this but it does not show up on Disk Management.
> >
> > It's all a bit weird really. How I long for the days of fdisk!!!
> >
> > Any ideas?
> > Thanks
> > G
> >
> >
> > "John Barnes" wrote:
> >
> >> Should be fine. Been a long time, you may have to add the second entry
> >> pointing to the X64 to the boot.ini manually.
> >>
> >> "geraintwd" <> wrote in message
> >> news:8644BA84-D705-4021-BBC1-...
> >> > That sounds easier - will put them on a USB stick for safe keeping!
> >> >
> >> > Thanks
> >> > G
> >> >
> >> > "John Barnes" wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> That would be one way. The other is to make a copy of the ntldr and
> >> >> ntdetect.com files in a new folder and after the XP Home install, you
> >> >> will
> >> >> have to copy them back.
> >> >>
> >> >> "geraintwd" <> wrote in message
> >> >> news:0EB37963-6E98-47A8-9FCC-...
> >> >> > OK thanks, just wanted to check - do I have to install XP Home, then
> >> >> > reinstall XP Pro 64 (as it is newer)? Or can I get away without
> >> >> > having
> >> >> > to
> >> >> > reinstall XP Pro x64?
> >> >> >
> >> >> > I know I have to install Vista last no matter what.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Thanks
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> > "John Barnes" wrote:
> >> >> >
> >> >> >> Just to clarify, on the boot.ini menu you choose between the two
> >> >> >> installations of XP
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> "geraintwd" <> wrote in message
> >> >> >> news:A0C25943-3ABE-4ED2-8360-...
> >> >> >> > Hi,
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > I have a PC currently running XP Pro x64. As there are some
> >> >> >> > programs
> >> >> >> > that
> >> >> >> > will not run or install on this platform, I want to set up a dual
> >> >> >> > boot
> >> >> >> > with
> >> >> >> > Windows XP Home. I also have Windows Vista Ultimate and would
> >> >> >> > like
> >> >> >> > to
> >> >> >> > set
> >> >> >> > this up as well.
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > I have 3 separate hard drives and I know that I need to install
> >> >> >> > Vista
> >> >> >> > last,
> >> >> >> > but can I install XP Home on another drive and have it dual boot
> >> >> >> > with
> >> >> >> > Pro
> >> >> >> > 64,
> >> >> >> > or do I have to uninstall Pro 64 first before installing Home?
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > Any tips you can offer would be gratefully received.
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > Thanks
> >> >> >> > G
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >>
> >>
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