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this is a tricky one, so bear with me...
going to do a fresh install of WinXP. and then install Vista for dual boot. and then 7 for triple. 8 for quad. Linux for penta. done.
ok, i've done some experiments and i can replace any of those partitions with a clone from another drive (like system restore, but bulletproof). and i know that works on all partitions - EXCEPT the first one on the drive, which would be XP.
i assume that if i try to replace a killed-XP with a copy/image of it from last week, it might hose the bootloader stuff.
SO - can i set up a totally first tiny 500meg partition to act as the boot loader? it's what Win7 does by default anyways. or... do i install Win7 first to get it, and THEN install XP and Vista after and hope that they use that same partition?
i'm going to use EasyBCD for managing this multi-boot scheme, of course. and this is an offline-only machine, like a test bench.
going to do a fresh install of WinXP. and then install Vista for dual boot. and then 7 for triple. 8 for quad. Linux for penta. done.
ok, i've done some experiments and i can replace any of those partitions with a clone from another drive (like system restore, but bulletproof). and i know that works on all partitions - EXCEPT the first one on the drive, which would be XP.
i assume that if i try to replace a killed-XP with a copy/image of it from last week, it might hose the bootloader stuff.
SO - can i set up a totally first tiny 500meg partition to act as the boot loader? it's what Win7 does by default anyways. or... do i install Win7 first to get it, and THEN install XP and Vista after and hope that they use that same partition?
i'm going to use EasyBCD for managing this multi-boot scheme, of course. and this is an offline-only machine, like a test bench.
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