Solved dual boot installation of windows xp as well as windows 7

phil22 June 27, 2012 at 08:02:54

✔ Best Answer

Tutorial here: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/8790...

jay_nar2012 June 27, 2012 at 08:11:47

In windows 7 professional or ultimate you can install a virtual machine for XP called XP mode- http://www.microsoft.com/windows/vi... I am a hardware guy not a software guy but i try to help.

riider June 27, 2012 at 19:09:26

Here's what I would do. - completely wipe the HDD & start from scratch. - repartition the drive so that you have at least 3 partitions (1 for XP, 1 for Win7, 1 for shared data storage) - install XP 1st. If you have a SATA HDD, you will need to use one of 3 install methods (install SATA driver from floppy, change SATA setting to IDE, create new XP disc with SATA drivers slipstreamed in) - after XP is installed & working properly, insert the Win7 disc, do NOT boot off it. - wait for the popup menu then select Custom (advanced) & direct Win7 to install onto the 2nd partition.