Can i install windows vista in a different HDD?

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I own a legal copy of windows xp pro and i want to upgrade to windows vista
ultimate.
I own software(adove video collection and others) which there isn't any
patches for them to work with vista. Other than that i know i'm not going to
be able to use my printer at least for now until epson cmes up with new
drivers for vista.
My question is:
- Can i install vista in a different hard drive and still use xp in a
different hard drive in the same computer?
Thanks for your advice.
 
Sure, but in order to use both at the same time, you'd need to get
virtualization software and have plenty of RAM. If you are willing
to run either one or the other, then you could set up a dual boot.

The Ultimate you purchase is supposed to be a full (not an upgrade)
version if you aren't replacing XP with Vista. Install will take care of
setting up the dual boot between XP and Vista.

When you boot XP it will corrupt Vista's restore points unless you
have hidden the Vista partition. You can hide Vista from XP by using
a boot manager or by disconnecting the Vista drive when booting XP.
Or you could simply turn off system restore in Vista.
 
Yes you can. Install Vista on the other drive using the double-install
method which is now a well documented method of how to do a clean install of
Vista using an upgrade disk.

Go here and read the articles http://windowssecrets.com/

1. "Get Vista upgrade, never pay full price
2. More on the Vista upgrade secret
3. Use Vista without activation for 120 days.

The articles will explain everything you need to know. I have 3 hard drives
and each has a different OS installed (WinXP, Vista x86 and Vista x64) so I
can test what programs will work and what drivers are needed for my
peripheral devices (printers, plotters, NAS, wireless print-servers, etc.).

As for your printer, you may be able to use a work-around solution if you
have either a home network or a second NIC port available on your system.
If you need more info, post back here but simply, use a print-server.
CompUSA is one brand I tried that works nicely and it is low cost. You can
get them with a USB printer interface or a parallel interface. Install the
print-server software then add your printer to a "Local Port" using a
"Standard TCP/IP Port". It worked on my HP-4 LaserJet and on my Canon i9900
inkjet. Amazingly, Vista x86 recognized my HP200 plotter (real old) that I
had connected to the parallel port on the system. But under Vista x64, no
driver is available for the plotter but..... both AutoCad and Microstation
v8 have built-in drivers that work with it just fine.

So while many printers do not have Vista drivers ready yet, the print-server
route just may be a good work-around for you to try. I hate to bad mouth
any product but when I tried a Hawkings brand print-server, I could not get
it to work. The HP, CompUSA branded and the wireless LinkSys WPS54G all
work under XP and both versions of Vista. The low cost one is the CompUSA
branded one (check their site) and even though the print-server software has
a bug (say's ps IP addr is not in same sub-group), just dismiss the warning
and exit from the setup normally and the IP addr you set is in-fact
installed and it works fine from that point on.

More than you wanted to know,

Bob S.
 
shoemaker said:
I own a legal copy of windows xp pro and i want to upgrade to windows vista
ultimate.
I own software(adove video collection and others) which there isn't any
patches for them to work with vista. Other than that i know i'm not going
to
be able to use my printer at least for now until epson cmes up with new
drivers for vista.
My question is:
- Can i install vista in a different hard drive and still use xp in a
different hard drive in the same computer?
Thanks for your advice.

Only if you use a full version of Ultimate. Using the upgrade version, the
XP license is subsumed into the Vista license and cannot be installed
separately. It's one or the other.
 
Rock said:
Only if you use a full version of Ultimate. Using the upgrade version, the
XP license is subsumed into the Vista license and cannot be installed
separately. It's one or the other.

Be more definitive as to what you mean by "cannot."
It may (apparently) be contrary to the EULA, but physically
it can be done, and Microsoft has not erected any barriers to the
process, although they could have done so quite easily.

Gary VanderMolen
 
Gary VanderMolen said:
Be more definitive as to what you mean by "cannot." It may (apparently) be
contrary to the EULA, but physically
it can be done, and Microsoft has not erected any barriers to the
process, although they could have done so quite easily.

I will leave it to you to clarify if you don't think it was definitive
enough, though I think my post was clear.

Just because there is no technical stop to it doesn't mean it should be
done. There is a license one agrees to. Integrity should mean something,
at least it does to me.
 
I will leave it to you to clarify if you don't think it was
definitive enough, though I think my post was clear.

Just because there is no technical stop to it doesn't mean
it should be done. There is a license one agrees to.
Integrity should mean something, at least it does to me.

The only technical problem I knoow of would be if he is trying
install to an external HD connected via USB.

Ed
 
Rock said:
I will leave it to you to clarify if you don't think it was definitive
enough, though I think my post was clear.

Just because there is no technical stop to it doesn't mean it should be
done. There is a license one agrees to. Integrity should mean something,
at least it does to me.

I have no problem with integrity. What I disagree with is telling a
naive user flat out that something "cannot" be done without giving
him the benefit of a complete answer. As they say in court, the "whole
truth" is what needs to be disclosed.

Gary VanderMolen
 
Gary VanderMolen said:
I have no problem with integrity. What I disagree with is telling a naive
user flat out that something "cannot" be done without giving
him the benefit of a complete answer. As they say in court, the "whole
truth" is what needs to be disclosed.

If you feel something needs to be clarified, then post to the OP what you
believe needs to be said. I will decide what I write.
 
If you feel something needs to be clarified, then post to the OP what you
believe needs to be said. I will decide what I write.

You did clarify. You're a Microsoft apologist. Most MVPs are.
 
Adam Albright said:
You did clarify. You're a Microsoft apologist. Most MVPs are.

That did come across loud and clear, didn't it?

I just think we do people a disservice when we tell only half
of the pertinent facts, and do so in a misleading way.

Gary VanderMolen
 
Gary VanderMolen said:
That did come across loud and clear, didn't it?

I just think we do people a disservice when we tell only half
of the pertinent facts, and do so in a misleading way.

I don't apologize for anyone, I write what I choose, and what I wrote was
clear, and not misleading. If you have something to add to the OP as
clarification, then do it.
 
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