Vista Instal

[Guest]

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.

 

[Mark Huffman]

Not only is it possible, it is recommended

 

[Jimmy Brush]

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

 

[Beck]

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).

 

[Guest]

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

 

[Guest]

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.

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

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).