Setting up dual boot Vista on XP

[Mithrandir]

I have XP on my rig, but want to know what is the best process in setting up Vista for Dual booting?

I was thinking of installing straight off the installation disk onto a second hard drive. I understand Vista will setup a menu so I can select which OS to boot from after installation. Is there anything I need to do before starting installation?

Any ideas or advice grreatly appreciated.

[finnrogers]

Nope, just crack on with the install. As you correctly stated, Vista will manage the boot menu.

It's only doing it the other way around that is a bit different. Installing XP on a Vista machine means that XP wipes the boot menu and doesn't give you the option to boot into Vista. But it's a simple fix by installing VistaBootPro or a similar program.

Note that you don't have to install XP on a different drive either, a different partition would suffice.

[dangel]

Spot on - also note you can repair the Vista boot menu by booting of the install CD (if as above you installed XP after Vista and it removed the Vista boot loader).