you can create another profile in xp under system profiles. OK you want to run two separate os one two separate drives and have the ability to choose which one to boot up. or you want the boot file of xp to be on the vista and vice versa. or you just want to run two operating systems independent of each other and have a choice. Sounds like your problem could possibly be resolved if you purchased system commander somewhat cheap in the greater schems of things offers all the benifits of loading everything from solaris,red hat to windowsxp,vista and linix, I get back with an even more practical solution later.freak::freak:
Okay first off why would he create a 2nd profile in XP? He doesnt want that.
2nd you cant run 2 OS's at once. Not from boot. You can how ever use 1 OS as a host OS and boot into a 2nd OS using Virtual Machine software like VMWare or Virtual Box.
He wants to have both OS's installed independently. Which i have already given the solution for.
Plus to purchase software when you can get EasyBCD for FREE, which will boot into Windows (All Versions), OS X and All but PC-BSD for Linux using either LiLo, GRUB or the FreeBSD loader. The only boot loader it doesnt work with at this time is the BTX Loader for PC-BSD. So buying a solution when there is a FREE alternative out there is just silly.