Thanks for the info, I'll just have to see how many of my applications make it over, I know that some may and others probably won't. Probably the best bet would be a clean wipe but somehow I alway manage to wipe out something I wanted to keep....
Steve On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 10:16 AM, Winterlight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you are asking, how will XP do with a dual XP boot, then the answer is > fine. I have been installing duplicate OS installs since NT4. I put the > system files on C and XP1 and XP2 on D and E. Windows handles the dual boot > just fine. It is a very useful setup for a number of reasons. And there is > no better way to troubleshoot. > > > At 04:40 AM 6/16/2008, you wrote: >> >> The basis of this is that I have an Audiophile 2496 sound card and the >> driver does not really support MCE. Of course the basic way to go >> about this would be to wipe the C drive clean and just install XP >> (non-MCE). But the question is, how well does XP do with more than >> one copy of itself installed? If, for example, I were to install XP >> (non-MCE) on this MCE system, first, would it set up a boot menu and >> 2nd, would it find my apps and use them? >> >> Just speculating & it would save a lot of time reinstalling stuff..... >> >> Thanks....Steve > >