I've been reading up guides on this and I've pretty much gotten confused with all the stuff that's been said in the guides, so I guess I'm looking at guides too technical for me.

First proper question: The guides say I need to set up a separate partition for Vista. I already have three partitions on a 320GB drive, do I still need a separate Vista partition or can I just use an existing partition (C:, D:, E:)?

Will ask more questions as I get to understanding them. One step at a time.

u just need 2 install each windows in separate partition.

So, no problem that I put it on existing partition? C: is my Windows XP + Programs, D: and E: are misc. files, really.

All the guides I see say that I need to create a new partition solely for Vista, which is why I'm asking.

u cannot put 2 same windows in 1 partition.

if C is ur xp, den vista u'll need 2 install in D or E

Okay, good to know, thanks.

Will read up and post later if I have more trouble.

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Added on October 13, 2008, 10:41 amOkay. Let's say I install Vista in Drive: E, would the install reformat the partition? Wanna know if I need to backup my stuff there.

Also, if I install and something goes wrong, how do I get rid of it?

This post has been edited by Darkstalker: Oct 13 2008, 10:50 AM

I suggest you also looked at virtualization software like VMWare. You can have as many Guest windows running as many different types of OS as you like.

I have pc running Vista. And I also run XP and Ubuntu on top of that Vista using VMWare.

This post has been edited by Optiplex330: Oct 13 2008, 08:58 PM

just install it into 2nd Hard disk, ^^, )

Okay.

If I install to a partition, should be fine, right?

If anything goes wrong with the Vista install, can I just restart my comp and it'll restart in XP?

EDIT: I'll look into Virtual Machine software, but would I get access to DX10 using it?

This post has been edited by Darkstalker: Oct 14 2008, 06:21 PM

Please refer here.

I read that already, thanks. Doesn't answer the questions I've been asking though.

if anything goes wrong with the vista installation, windows will still show u either boot into "earlier version of windows" (that is XP) or Vista. Well it depend on the installation stage which fails on u also.

EasyBCD is a tool managing the bootloader for XP/Vista dual boot, read more about that.

Recently i formatted my primary OS xp while vista left untouched on other partition. After that it only boot into xp, thanks to easybcd i choose either boot into the xp or vista again.

wen u install windows in a partition, of coz u hav 2 4mat it during the installation.
yes, u need 2 bck up the stuff.

Very nice, thanks.

One last thing for the moment: How would I uninstall an OS (say, I don't like Vista, or I prefer XP)?

If you are not even sure, just use virtual machine. If you don't like it, just delete it off.

why so complicated.... chose one ler.

Nothing complicated. Very often, we install a new software only to find it unsuitable for us and then proceed to uninstall it later. Unfortunately, all these installing/uninstalling does the OS no good and the machine starts to run slower and slower and more problematic. IMO, virtual software IS the best answer, short of reinstalling the OS all over again.

In most case, it will do everything what your normal pc will do, minus the headache.

This post has been edited by Optiplex330: Oct 15 2008, 09:23 AM

boot in xp, den 4mat the vista partition lo...................
if cannot, put in the xp cd, boot & 4mat dat vista partition...............=_=