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UPDATE: I've installed XP on the new drive, on a 25GB partition. Booted perfect, but lacks many important drivers. Then reconnected the Vista drive, and now I don't have anywhere to make a selection as to which OS I want to boot. Is it possible to fix this from within Vista, or do I have to...

Sorry, I should have said that my boot drive is 320GB and the new drive is also 320GB. The boot drive has a partition (drive D) called Factory. So that's the recovery. I read it's best to have the OS on one partition, and the programs on another, but how to do that so late in the game...

OK, I was able to create the DVDs for the recovery. Now, I'd like to know if I get this right: - it's better to install the OS on a partition of about 30 GBs with all my programs, and then use the rest of the drive as another partition for storage? - it's better to install the OS on a...

thanks for the reply, kemical, So since I have 2 partitions on the disk, one for the programs and one for recovery, can I wipe the program partition (300gb) entirely, and then reinstall Vista from the recovery disk? I found a recovery disk maker in the System Tools, so I'll be burning 2 DVDs...

Noob: Vista with XP on 2nd HD (Sorry about the double post, I couldn't find how to delete my first post). Hi all, I've been cruising the web for hours trying to find an answer to my situation. I purchased a new HD and installed it. My main drive has VistaHomePremium and all my programs...

Hi all, I've been cruising the web for hours trying to find an answer to my situation. I purchased a new HD and installed it. My main drive has VistaHomePremium and all my programs. Using Photoshop and music software, I wanted to have a second drive to free up the main drive from slower...