PDA

View Full Version : Dual boot with SATA and IDE drive with Vista


Diseaseboy
03-21-2007, 04:49 PM
Can you set up a dual boot with XP and Vista using a SATA and IDE drive? I currently have XP installed on a SATA drive and have a spare IDE drive I was going to install Vista on. I'm already dual booting with another machine but with 2 SATA drives. I was wondering if it made a difference if one was SATA and one was IDE.


Thanks,

Scott

digital_exhaust
03-21-2007, 05:09 PM
I don't think it matters... I can't really see any reason why it wouldn't work.

Of course, I could be wrong.

munkle
03-21-2007, 05:13 PM
Edit: Nvm

djnes
03-21-2007, 05:39 PM
It will work fine...as mentioned it doesn't matter how the drives are set up.

Silversierra
03-21-2007, 06:31 PM
It works, my computer's set up as xp on 200GB ide, and vista on 400GB sata. Vista gives me a boot loader on boot to choose vista or "older version of windows."

jamhamm
03-22-2007, 12:24 PM
works for me

vista on the sata - xp on the ide - that boot loader pro thing is a godsend!

what made me smile is when i boot to the ide [xp] then that is the primary drive c:\

when i boot to vista on the sata, then that is the primary c:\

i personally got a chuckle out of that...

and then i went back to playing god of war 2