Windows 7 installed. Now I'm gonna install XP.


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Er, what?

Dualboot? In place of? Virtualised?

Yes Duallboot soorrry, I'm alittle sleepy.

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don't see why it wouldn't. if xp gives you trouble and replaces the boot manager just download "vista boot pro" and run it in xp (yeah it will work) it will find 7 and give you the option of replacing the boot manager with the one that 7 uses.

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For a dualboot, you should have installed XP first. Once you install XP, its bootloader will take over, so you will have to reinstall the Vista bootloader (I use EasyBCD to do this).

EDIT: Well ok, same method, different program, rashidkaviani posted a few seconds before me... :p

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Ok couldn't I just installed xp then pop in my windows 7 cd and then repair and then download easybcd and add xp to the list?

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Ok couldn't I just installed xp then pop in my windows 7 cd and then repair and then download easybcd and add xp to the list?

Mhmm, you could. It would save you the trouble of getting .NET for EasyBCD on the XP install... which you probably want to do eventually anyway.

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yes it will work but after win7 you can't install xp running setup file from your HDD. for this purpose you have to boot install from cd or thumb drive but always remember to install on another drive (not on xp drive). once you will complete the install of xp you will see that win7 from boot menu has been disappeared. No problem here. Now search for "vista boot pro" tool. it is very nifty tool. install this on xp (obiviously as at present you have only xp). prior to this you need to first install MS .net framework 2.0 or later version.

now when u have installed vista boot pro. so run this program. now install the boot loader : step wise: step-1.

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step 2. now run diagnostic tool :

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step-3. now click on "manage OS entries" tab

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Now reboot and both OS have now been entered into your boot record. select as per your choice to enter into preferred os.

Please not that the above pictures were taken when xp installed after vista. but since kerneal is almost same in both vista and win7 so it will sure work in windows 7 too.

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Yeah I know I'm suppose to install and older os first then the newer one but I'm compulsive and I do compulsive things so it makes it okie =)

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Will this work?

Now WHY would you install XP?

If you need something run in XP, go get the"Windows XP Mode and Windows Virtual PC Beta" that was just released for 7 RC.

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Now WHY would you install XP?

If you need something run in XP, go get the"Windows XP Mode and Windows Virtual PC Beta" that was just released for 7 RC.

i have no idea where to get that legally.

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Yeah I know I'm suppose to install and older os first then the newer one but I'm compulsive and I do compulsive things so it makes it okie =)

:| okie you say?

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Just install XP then boot the Windows 7 dvd. Go to command prompt and fix the boot loader. Then do what the above said and add XP to the 7 bootloader.

Simple.

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You're supposed to install the older OS first, and then install the new OS, as it'll update the boot loader.

Although this is more convenient, it is not necessary. Installing XP after Vista or Windows 7 is perfectly fine.

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If you need something run in XP, go get the"Windows XP Mode and Windows Virtual PC Beta" that was just released for 7 RC.

One Word: Performance

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Now WHY would you install XP?

If you need something run in XP, go get the"Windows XP Mode and Windows Virtual PC Beta" that was just released for 7 RC.

Not everyone do it - your processor has to support virtualization. I only realized today that my dual core processor, which I've had since 2007, doesn't support virtualization. I'll have to upgrade :p

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Not everyone do it - your processor has to support virtualization. I only realized today that my dual core processor, which I've had since 2007, doesn't support virtualization. I'll have to upgrade :p

Are you sure? On my computers, I've had to enable it in the BIOS - in a lot of computers, it's disabled by default.

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