Dual boot w/ xp x86 and vista x64

[mbucari1]

Can I dual-boot w/ 32bit xp and 64bit vista? I tried to do it (having dual booted with xp 32 and vista 32 many times before) but vista keeps crashing on reboot to finish installation.

[memnom]

as far now, it is still an unresolved issue, the NTFS in both of the 64 Vista and 32XP are conflicting, besides whenever u boot Vista will give u the boot screen and as it is 64bit it fails to mount the other drives, thus resulting in a crash.

MS will release a Patch for it or something, but google it for more answers.

[crazy skulls]

goood

[fstrulz]

Yes you can... Just follow this steps from CNet's TechRepublic (http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-10877-6157570.html)...

[mbucari1]

Yes you can... Just follow this steps from CNet's TechRepublic (http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-10877-6157570.html)...
Sorry, I left this thread for a while. I haven't figured out what's wrong, but I know that it's not due to mixing 64 bit and 32 bit. I was installing xp on a single disk and vista on a raid disk (a configuration that has worked before). But even with the 32 bit, it crashes during reboot. I tried this like 15 times changing something each time. So far no luck. I think I'm gonna do without vista for a while (at least until I absolutely have to play Halo 2).

[lightshow]

You did raise an interesting question though. I think I might try installing duel Vista 32 and 64 bit and see how they preform against each other.

[mbucari1]

Here's a comparison that was posted on softpedia
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Windows-versus-Windows-or-32-bit-versus-64bit-1349.shtml