Hi

I'm doing a dual boot system adding Win 7 Pro so I can run Vue 8 complete nicer.

I usually build my own system and install an oem windows OS on one drive.

But I've never done a dual boot system with separate drives before.

Current Main drive is kinda full so no partition, hence the separate drives.

My current OS is Windows Vista Ultimate 32bit that's on drive C

I plan on adding Windows 7 Pro 64bit on it's own drive so that I can ad more memory and

get past the 4 gig memory limit running some 3d apps nicer.

I need to keep old OS to run some older apps, But I plan on the new 64 Bit OS to be my
main drive, but must have occasional access to older OS

Here's what I planned on doing to accomplish this.

1:With comp off, Unplug drive c ( I don't want to mess that up)
2:Physically add new drive
3:Place Win 7 disk in dvd drive and start Comp.
4:Install new 64 bit OS to new harddisk.(I would like to assign the letter C to this new

Drive)
5:Turn off comp and reattach old OS drive

Now the rest is where I'm lost.

I'm not sure what to do next?

I don't know what to do in the bios and I don't know what is the most convenient way to

switch back and forth between Operating System.

I don't know if I should change the name old C drive letter to D so that my new main
Drive can be named C

Can someone give me a step by step process to pick up at step 5 where I left off and let
me know if steps 1 though 5 look ok?

I'm just not geeky enough yet.

Thanks
For any help
Frank

Current system
CPU Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
MOBO ASUS P5K Deluxe
1X Nvidia Geforce 8800 GT
MEMORY  4 GB Corsair DDR2 @ 800 MHz
OPERATING SYSTEM VISTA ULTIMATE 32

After planned upgrades
SAME CPU Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
SAME MOBO ASUS P5K Deluxe
SAME 1X Nvidia Geforce 8800 GT

NEW MEMORY ( 4 more gigs) 8 GB total Corsair DDR2 @ 800 MHz
NEW OPERATING SYSTEM Windows 7 Pro 64 on added new drive.

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