I've found lots of articles on dual booting XP with Vista, Windows 2000, Windows ME, Windows 98, but I can't find any that don't mention using Acronis or suggesing using a virtual machine.
So, is it possible to set up a second install of Windows XP on the same drive/partition albeit under a different path (e.g. first install is C:\Windows, second install is C:\WinXP)?
I do have a second physical drive (called F: in the current install) which I could install to instead. Just as long as I get the choice from boot.ini I don't really care where the install is.
And before you ask, my reason for doing this is to have the 'dirty', everyday install for surfing, email, games etc. but the second install as an ultra-clean version with no unnecessary processes/services (other than AV) running so I can dedicate resources to running music software.
JJ
[small][purple]Variables won't. Constants aren't[/purple]
There is no apostrophe in the plural of PC (or PST, or CPU, or HDD, or FDD, and so on)[/small]
So, is it possible to set up a second install of Windows XP on the same drive/partition albeit under a different path (e.g. first install is C:\Windows, second install is C:\WinXP)?
I do have a second physical drive (called F: in the current install) which I could install to instead. Just as long as I get the choice from boot.ini I don't really care where the install is.
And before you ask, my reason for doing this is to have the 'dirty', everyday install for surfing, email, games etc. but the second install as an ultra-clean version with no unnecessary processes/services (other than AV) running so I can dedicate resources to running music software.
JJ
[small][purple]Variables won't. Constants aren't[/purple]
There is no apostrophe in the plural of PC (or PST, or CPU, or HDD, or FDD, and so on)[/small]