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Dual booting XP 32 Bit and Vista 64 bit - possible?

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Udprod   09-14-2009 at 10:03:37 PM

Hi.

Is it possible to have a dual boot setup, with Xp 32 bit and Vista 64 bit? If yes, is it possible to have Windows XP installed on the C drive and Vista on the D drive?

Thanks loads in advance.

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Bronze Home Brew badge wathman   09-14-2009 at 10:21:21 PM
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Technically it's possible, but you'll probably give yourself a migraine trying to set it up. You will have to read up on how Vista handles startup with boot loader and boot manager. In general, all software for 32-bit OSes will work on Vista 64, where you run into issues usually is when you need device drivers for 64 bit OSes.

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