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31-Aug-2007, 05:56 PM #1
Red face Dual boot xp with vista
i recently got an ispiron 1520 with vista in exchange for inspiron 1505 with xp. i am not use to vista yet and want to have both os and have them share the information on my hard drive 160 GB. is possible?
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31-Aug-2007, 09:03 PM #2
http://forums.techguy.org/windows-vi...n2k-after.html

As for sharing information, you can access data on each partition but programs have to be installed on each operating system.

This also assumes you have a Windows XP installation disk and license to use with the system.
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