Hello...
I want to install Vista on our primary system.
When we installed Windows XP, we had two HDDs and three partion:
1) 200GB SATA Disk: 40GB patrion; Windows and programs installed there, 160GB partion; stuff there
2) 40GB IDE Disk: 40GB partion; (Almost (read below)) nothing on the harddrive. Hope it will have Vista in one day
Now, I'm not sure how the drives were setup, but I
guess that the SATA one is the Master and the IDE is the Slave. (Like I said, I guess...)
Now, windows XP installation, for some reason, it decided to put boot.ini in my E: drive (40 gb ide drive)
I don't know why it would do this, but anyway, it did it. (of course, the IDE could be the master and the SATA the slave, but as I said im not sure...)
Now, here's my problem: What will vista do with boot.ini when I install it (Vista) into that hdd?
Will it delete it making it impossible to boot into windows XP? (unless I re-create boot.ini myself)
I also heard that Vista uses a new boot manager, and that's what is also worrying me a bit...
I want to be able to boot with windows XP too, because it's my mother's computer mostly, and she doesn't really want to use Vista
Can I also set "Earlier Version of Windows" (aka XP) be the default choise at the boot manager and set the timeout to something like 2-5 seconds, so she won't accidently boot into vista?
Thanks
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