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Old 12-02-2008, 10:12 PM   #1 (permalink)
 
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When dual booting or tri booting, is it the newer OS installs first or is it the oldest installed first?

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Oldest First always if you can help it. Installing XP after Vista can make life tricky getting the boot loader back.
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Oldest First always if you can help it. Installing XP after Vista can make life tricky getting the boot loader back.

true. the second part is true for all OS. it can be tricky for 98 or ME if you install xp first
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