To set up a dual-boot system, you??™ll need at least two partitions: one for each
operating system. Install the first OS on any drive you like. Then, during
Vista setup, when you see the ???Where do you want to install Windows????
page (Figure 1-2), just select the empty drive, and setup will do the rest.
See Chapter 5 for more information on partitions, including
a way to divide your current single-partition drive into two
partitions without having to reformat.
Install Windows Vista | 17
Get Started with
Windows Vista
In most cases, the boot manager of the most-recently installed operating system
is the one that will be used for all your operating systems, so the
sequence in which you install your operating systems is very important.
Most of the time, you??™ll need to install older operating systems before newer
ones. For instance, on a PC with Windows 98, just install Vista on a different
drive, and voil? : you??™ll have a functional dual-boot system.
Some other operating systems, such as FreeBSD and Windows
2000, have boot managers of their own, and can therefore
be installed either before or after Vista is installed with
little additional fuss. However, those operating systems
without their own boot managers, such as Windows 9x/
Me, will break the Windows Vista boot manager if installed
subsequently.
Modify the Boot Manager configuration
The Windows Boot Manager is responsible for loading Vista, and, optionally,
booting any other operating systems you may have installed.
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