[Sliit]

Hi all.

I have a Inspiron e1705 Laptop and i ordered it with XP last year because supposedly AutoCAD was having issues with Vista. Anyways my college sells vista ultimate for 20$ so i bought one and installed it for kicks this summer to give it a whirl. I like it but for the sake of CAD running correctly when school comes around ill need XP.

My original 80g harddrive was too small so i just got a 200g Seagate. I was wondering if 200g is enough space to effectivley dual boot both XP and Vista.

My plan would be to use xp for CAD + Games (MMO's ect.) and Vista for normal day to day browsing online and Itunes/movies ect.


Would it be worth it to do this or would i just be effectivly wasting alot of Harddrive space? If it is worthwhile how do i go about doing this?

[Ste]

I don't actually understand your question...

If you know there are some programs that won't work correctly on Vista then it is sure worth it to dual boot...

[Sliit]

Well i guess my question is. Should i bother dual booting. Or should i just keep XP.

Also, how do you go about setting up dual boot?

[carnageX]

How to dual-boot Vista with XP (with XP installed first) - step-by-step guide with screenshots

A lot of people dual-boot XP and Vista, because some older programs won't work under Vista that they need (in your case, CAD software).

[Mak213]

Originally Posted by Sliit

Well i guess my question is. Should i bother dual booting. Or should i just keep XP.

Also, how do you go about setting up dual boot?

Hello,

My drive that i store my OS's on is only 120GB and i have 3 OS's on there. You can dual boot XP and Vista nicely on a 200GB drive.

Carnage already gave the link on how to dual boot.

I would dual boot. But you may find yourself leaning more toward XP once school comes back around.

Cheers,
Mak

[dario03]

Having enough space will depend on how much space you use but Vista with updates only takes around 15gb so its not a big deal. I dual boot but use Vista 95% of the time.