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Need Help with Dual 32-bit/64-bit System

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Greetings All,

I recently set my PC to dual boot either WinXP 32-bit or Win7-64 bit. I need to keep XP as I have some games/apps that will not run in Win 7/64-bit mode. What I need help on is which drivers I should install on the Win 7 side such that it won't disrupt my XP boot side. I have the OS' on different physical HDDs. So far I have only installed drivers for my GTX 460 1GB GPU and for my TrendNet USB Wireless Adapter. Can anyone recommend/suggest which drivers I could install that would optimize my 64-bit use (i.e. motherboard, CPU, etc.) and yet still not disrupt my XP use?

Any help is appreciated.

Chris
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You don't have any choice in the matter. Just boot into Win7 64-bit & install the correct Win7 64-bit drivers, then boot into XP & install the correct XP 32-bit drivers there.

Both sets of drivers will be kept separate & loaded separately so there's no way one set can interfere with the other operating system.
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