Look at Virtual PC instead:

[url]http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/virtualpc/default.mspx[/url]

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"Andy" <andy@indigo.ie> wrote in message
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> Will be getting a new Dell PC soon with Windows Vista preloaded on it
> (Doubt if it will come with a Vista installation CD). What I want to know
> is if I can easily install Windows XP and leave the Vista intact and just
> chose at startup of PC whether to use Vista or XP? - I think they call it
> dual booting isn't it?
>
> But I don't really want to go formatting and partitioning the hard drive
> if I can avoid it to do this.
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Andy.
>
>
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