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re: Dual Boot with Windows 7 Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 11:04 am Posted by Steve (23810 messages posted) There are many good tutorials on the Internet on How to Dual Boot 7 with XP installed first. Read up first. Installing to a second SATA Drive is the safest way. As far as a Windows 7 forum, you may just need to check your eye sight out.:) [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Dual Boot with Windows 7 Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 11:07 am Posted by Ricer46 (23825 messages posted) You can not repartition on the fly while installing and simultaneously preserve what is currently on your C:\ drive. You can repartition ahead of time, and then reload your image drive onto the new smaller C:\ drive, then install W7 to the new partition and you'll have dual boot. Open your eyes, there has been a W7 forum here for several months. On Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 10:26 am, David wrote: >Novice, so please be kind. I'd like to have my system boot up so I have the option >of continuing with my windows xp pro or windows 7. I assume I can do that with the >option showing up where no I only have the xp displayed. I assume I can partition >my C: drive, and load W 7 on tht one, but would perfer to have W 7 on another serial >drive. Could someone explain how I can do this with minimum risk. I have the current >C: backed up with a current image file on external drive. >BTW is there going to be an annoyances W7 forum? Thanks, Dave G. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Dual Boot with Windows 7 Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 12:09 pm Posted by David (18 messages posted) My eyes are now wide open. Thanks for both of the responses. On Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 11:07 am, Ricer46 wrote: >You can not repartition on the fly while installing and simultaneously preserve what >is currently on your C:\ drive. >You can repartition ahead of time, and then reload your image drive onto the new >smaller C:\ drive, then install W7 to the new partition and you'll have dual boot. >Open your eyes, there has been a W7 forum here for several months. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Dual Boot with Windows 7 Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 12:56 pm Posted by Ricer46 (23825 messages posted) Good idea to read through it before starting, to give you some ideas what to be on the look out for. On Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 12:09 pm, David wrote: > >My eyes are now wide open. Thanks for both of the responses. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Dual Boot with Windows 7 Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 6:20 pm Posted by Robert C (89 messages posted) I have twoi hard drives. I simply installed Win 7 on the 2nd drive. That is it. Just be sure you choose the correct drive/partition. Boot menu will come up with Win 7 highlighted so if you are booting into CP you need to sit there and choose that one at startup. Works fine.. Robert Clark On Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 10:26 am, David wrote: >Novice, so please be kind. I'd like to have my system boot up so I have the option >of continuing with my windows xp pro or windows 7. I assume I can do that with the >option showing up where no I only have the xp displayed. I assume I can partition >my C: drive, and load W 7 on tht one, but would perfer to have W 7 on another serial >drive. Could someone explain how I can do this with minimum risk. I have the current >C: backed up with a current image file on external drive. >BTW is there going to be an annoyances W7 forum? Thanks, Dave G. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Dual Boot with Windows 7 Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 8:12 pm Posted by jpChris (21 messages posted) Hi David, I don't know if it's too late to weigh in on the subject, but there's a relatively easy way to do what you want. First, hookup a blank HDD, jumper to Master, format\partition and install W7. Shut down. Hookup your XP drive to the middle (black) plug on the cable and jumper it to Slave. Restart. When you're in W7 Explorer, open the XP Slave C:\ drive and *copy* these three files to the root of your W7 C:\ drive: NTLDR, NTDETECT.COM, and boot.ini. Reboot and you'll see W7 first on the boot screen with a countdown and WXP below it. Hit the ▼ arrow, hit Enter and, violà (!) you're in XP. You can also change the boot order in msconfig in W7. Hope this helps. [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum