Vista taking over XP

hawkwind

Hi, i have tried twice now to have xp and vista dual boot on my computer. They were on the same hard drive on separate partitions, xp on c and vista on d.

When i installed my programs onto vista, i never gave it much thought and let them install into the default folder which was on the c drive of cause (dimwit) making the xp programs useless.

So i reinstalled xp from an image, and when i had time i reinstalled vista onto my d partition this time making sure that installed the programs on my d drive.
But when i booted back into xp, the programs would not work again, in particular kaspersky internet security and prevx 2, so for some reason vista must have been doing something i would assume by maybe automatically changing the programs through upgrades or whatever to the c drive.

Has anyone else who dual boots had the same experience?? Or is there a better way for me to install xp and vista and keep the two operating systems completely separate. Thanks

The_JinJ

There are loads of good guides to dual booting - maybe worth having a read through as few....
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=opera&rls=en&hs=SHf&q=dual+boot+vista+and+xp&btnG=Search
http://apcmag.com/5023/dual_booting_xp_with_vista
http://www.windowstalk.org/dual_boot_vista.htm

Good luck