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Dual boot with XP Pro 64/Vista 32
Name: tpn21 Date: August 5, 2008 at 11:32:47 Pacific OS: Vista Bsns 32 bit CPU/Ram: 4 GBs Product: custom
Comment:
I am planning to try and dual boot XP Pro 64 bit on a machine with Vista Business 32 bit. There are a lot of forums adressing vista and xp but none that have anything to do with mixing the 32 and 64 bit? Is it possible,would it just be a headache? Could i only do it with 2 Hd's? Thank you to all that respond.
Name: Beginner1 Date: August 5, 2008 at 12:27:08 Pacific
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Do not see why not, just following the guide that tells you and you shouldn't have any problems. I have installed Xp 32 and 2 64 bit vista OS and didn't have any problems. Good luck
Jim R
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Response Number 2
Name: jefro Date: August 5, 2008 at 14:07:33 Pacific
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To what point?
Consider a VM instead.
"Best Practices", Event viewer, host file, perfmon, are in my top 10
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Response Number 3
Name: Sabertooth Date: August 5, 2008 at 17:20:41 Pacific
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As hinted by Beginner1, there is nothing preventing a 32bit OS from installing side-by-side a 64bit OS. And like him, I also have XP 32bit installed in a multi-boot configuration alongside Vista 64bit & Linux.
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