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**Done_Fishin** · 12-31-2008, 12:42 PM

Whilst not impossible perhaps you should also weigh up the odds regarding "what happens if ?"

The more installs you do the more chance that something will go sour and you'll need a re-install.
If Linux goes sour on you, a re-install of Linux may well allow all your OS's to work ...
If XP goes down then it's possible you may have to re-install both Linux & Vista.

the way around this is to keep this stuff, if possible, on separate drives and boot using the boot menu making sure that all other drives are disconnected at the time of installation ..

If you must boot to less than three drives .. keep Windows on one and Linux on the other and boot either to Windows (Dual boot XP/Vista) or Linux.

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Done_Fishin Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Brit living in Greece Posts: 7,448 OS: WinME, WinXP Pro SP3, Win7 Beta, Ubuntu 9.04 & Netbook Remix & CD2USB, Mepis 6.5, Fedora 10 My System	Re: Using Vista and XP with Unbutu Whilst not impossible perhaps you should also weigh up the odds regarding "what happens if ?" The more installs you do the more chance that something will go sour and you'll need a re-install. If Linux goes sour on you, a re-install of Linux may well allow all your OS's to work ... If XP goes down then it's possible you may have to re-install both Linux & Vista. the way around this is to keep this stuff, if possible, on separate drives and boot using the boot menu making sure that all other drives are disconnected at the time of installation .. If you must boot to less than three drives .. keep Windows on one and Linux on the other and boot either to Windows (Dual boot XP/Vista) or Linux. __________________ . . I'm not old!! I'm age impaired .. D_F I DON'T PLAY GAMES How to mark your thread as solved HDD DIAG UTILS TSF's Photographer's Corner