Duel boot XP x64 Pro and XP Home

[codeseven]

I have XP x64 Pro already installed and I would like to add XP Home (SH3 wont run on x64, crap!). My current partitions are..(F) XP x64 Pro and a few apps, 8gigs/3.2gigs free, (G) Games, 30gigs/18.1 free, (H) Documents and Settings, 32.8gigs/32.6 free. I have my XP Home upgrade disc (had used it for an ME to XP upgrade on a different PC), can it be used for this? Can I put the XP Home partition anywhere? In the (H) drive? Thanks

Mike

[codeseven]

No can Do?

[CyberFed]

Sure, just drop in the XP home cd and boot from it, select the partition you want to install it too and you will be given the option of which OS you want to boot when you startup the machine.

[suineg]

Yup what he said.

Just use a partition program and make yourself a second partition. Then boot with the Home CD and voila' instant dual boot goodness.

[codeseven]

Thanks fellas, thats great. Couple of questions:

1) Doesn't any additional OS you add have to be within a relatively small area, close to the 'boot sector?"? (of the first OS).

2)If so, is there enough room left on partition (F) for another OS?

3)if not, can I take a chunk of partition (H) and use that?

I have Partition Magic installed but I dont want to move a bunch of my 'carefully' installed programs around and risk messing them up just to play SH3 on XP Home :)

Thanks

[TollhouseFrank]

1. Nope. I used to (and still do) dual-boot WinXP Pro and *nix (whatever linux flava-of-the-day i have installed) on 2 different Hard Drives.

2. Up to how it was partitioned

3. Use partitioning software like Partition Magic or in knoppix... QTParted

[codeseven]

Thanks Frank.