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I want to install Vista and try it out to make sure all my hardware and software will work with it as I'm considering switching to it from XP. I don't want to replace my current XP install, at least not yet (i.e. I wanna dual boot).
However, I don't have an empty drive or partition I can use. So, if I install to one of my drives that has existing non-Windows data on it (it's just a file dump currently), can I later uninstall or delete Vista without removing the other data on the drive when I'm done testing?
Or what about partitioning the drive temporarily without loosing the data on the drive and then removing the partition later? Is that possible / safe?
I guess I could just move the data off the drive to one of my other drives. I'm sure I have room for 80GB on my other HDs...
However, I don't have an empty drive or partition I can use. So, if I install to one of my drives that has existing non-Windows data on it (it's just a file dump currently), can I later uninstall or delete Vista without removing the other data on the drive when I'm done testing?
Or what about partitioning the drive temporarily without loosing the data on the drive and then removing the partition later? Is that possible / safe?
I guess I could just move the data off the drive to one of my other drives. I'm sure I have room for 80GB on my other HDs...