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chelseaman:
Can I partition part of my vista 64bit  HD and install  say XP or vista 32 bit ?
I have 700gb free at moment,would 300/400gb be ok or too much. I have the cdrom`s.
Would it be any easier if I put another formatted HD into pc,gave it a letter and installed XP on this?
Basically thinking of way to allow me to play older games or will windows still block due to no signature.

Appreciate any help
cheers

TheHalf™:
Absolutely, use the installation disc of your OS to do that, if not you can use PartitionMagic (the one by powerquest) to achieve that. And finally yes you can physically install another HDD. Windows by default will assign a drive letter but you can always change that after installation of the OS on the 2nd HDD.

TheHalf™

Synbios:
I like Parted Magic myself. The BEST partition tool I have ever used!

chelseaman:
 ;D Thanks folks, Will let you know how I get on.
cheers

chelseaman:
 ;D  Setting up partition no problem. Downloaded XP was ok until stopping at DMI pool data,with purple and green squares accross screen. Vista home premium 32 bit downloaded ok, but after hours of downloading courtesy of MS, 300 updates ,with service packs from 1 to 176 and many hours,was starting to  to think of billy (he`s the only one I can get away with using bad language with  >:D).
Game (Burnout Paradise) installed ok and wanted to run,but program only recognised keyboard controls instead of wheel.

Thats when I called it quits for tonight.
cheers

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