Dual Booting XP Pro 32-bit and Vista Ultimate 64-bit - Ditching XP afterward?

[Infinity1911]

Hey Folks,

Currently, I'm using XP-Pro 32-bit with SP3. I'm considering a dual-boot option with Vista Ultimate 64 using the directions here:

http://apcmag.com/how_to_dualboot_vi...ots.htm?page=1

Achieving dual-boot capability is easy enough with G-Parted. And ...

Using EasyBCD (http://neosmart.net/dl.php?id=1), I can remove Vista's Boot Manager and revert back to a XP-only system, if I run into serious problems with Vista.

However, what if I want to migrate everything into the Vista O/S and remove XP?

This won't be my first experience with Vista. Previous attempts at a fresh-install with Vista (32 or 64) failed in numerous BSOD's. My hope is that by updating my motherboard's BIOS, those issues will be gone. Plus, at the time, I was running a MSDN debug version, and who knows what problems were buried within.

Now, I have a fully legit 64-bit version of Vista Ultimate and want to play it safe.

Any takers on this one?

Thanks in advance!

System Specs

Intel Core2-Duo 6600
4 GB Corsair XMS
XFX 8800 GT 512MB
MSI 975x Platinum Power-Up Edition Motherboard
Creative Soundblaster XtremeMusic
(2) Western Digital 320GB SATA HD's

 

[lxskllr]

You should be able to get rid of XP using VistaBootPro. I haven't done that, but it looks like it gives you the option.

 

[Aberforth]

Install Vista on a different partition or drive but remember Vista's boot loader always resides on the primary hard drive. In order to uninstall XP or Vista, you have to remove the entries using BCDEDIT or you can use VistaBootPro if you don't like command line editing.