Operating systems help

[Oh_dear]

I bought my new computer several weeks ago which was Windows Vista Home Premium by default, but I downgraded to XP SP2 and installed the new operating system's contents into my H drive. I havent deleted the Vista files from the C drive where it was installed by default. Is it actually possible when you turn on your computer to either choose if you want to use XP or Vista?

[Oh_dear]

Sorry if I posted in the wrong board, I'm new

[kizza1645]

Yes there is.

On the XP machine basically go....
Do the following;
step 1

1. start
2. find run
3. type    msconfig
4. go to the 'boot' tab
5. click on the button that says 'Windows XP'
6. and press set default

step 2
1. under the same tab of 'boot' find a little box with 30secs in it
2. change this number to 3
3. the little box is called 'timeout'
4. click apply and then ok,
5. restart your machine and watch it work magic my friend

[fgdn17]

xp is NOT on the c drive...so using easyBCD(or BCD edit or other choices that modify Vista bootmgr) is the way to get this done...IMO