Hi JCO--

Not a bad idea at all in this and other situations, but I haven't felt any
impact of this phenomenon because I simply shortcut to XP from the Vista
desktop on a dual boot and that saves me time copying anything and also
considerable space on my Vista drive.

CH


"JCO" <someone@somewhere.com> wrote in message
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> Personally, I would insert a Harddrive Cradle on the front of the computer
> so that you can simply turn one HD off and the other on. That way you
> simply change the OS by switching harddrives. Its so simple and safe.
> Cradles work great because you can easily keep 2 or 3 Harddrives plugged
> into the computer at all times. Then you have a switch that turns power
> to the HD on or off.
>
> Simple click of the switch does it all.
>
> "Computer Guru" <ComputerGuru@NeoSmart.net> wrote in message
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>> One of the most common questions I've seen asked here is if it's
>> possible to hide the Windows Vista partition from Windows XP
>> installations because of the bug where Windows XP will delete the
>> system restore points for all Vista installs on that machine if it
>> sees the drive [1]. One solution is to use Bitlocker drive encryption
>> which rarely works and another is to use 3rd party paid products like
>> PQBoot or Acronis OS Selector - none of which are very compatible nor
>> free; and tend to create more problems than they solve.
>>
>> Here is another solution which uses the 100% free EasyBCD and the
>> NeoGrub component - unlike other options, these were built for,
>> around, and on Windows Vista, so compatibility is a non-issue.
>>
>> You can use NeoGrub to boot into multiple Windows XP installations and
>> hide all Vista installs in the progress as well; circumventing the
>> system restore bug entirely.
>>
>> These are the detailed step-by-step instructions:
>> [url]http://neosmart.net/blog/2007/hide-vista-partition-from-xp/[/url]
>>
>> EasyBCD can be downloaded for free from [url]http://neosmart.net/dl.php?id=1[/url]
>> NeoGrub Documentation (WIP):
>> [url]http://neosmart.net/wiki/display/EBCD/NeoGrub[/url]
>>
>> Hope this helps!
>>
>> [1]: [url]http://support.microsoft.com/kb/926185[/url]
>>
>> -Computer Guru
>> [url]http://neosmart.net/[/url]
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