Dynaverse.net

Off Topic => Engineering => Topic started by: toasty0 on April 11, 2009, 03:29:33 pm

Title: Yes, Dorthy, you will be able to dual boot XP and Win7
Post by: toasty0 on April 11, 2009, 03:29:33 pm

See the video here (http://edge.technet.com/Media/Dual-Boot-Between-Windows-XP-and-Windows-7/)

Now that you've downloaded the Windows 7 beta, let's talk about how you can configure your machine to dual boot between Windows Vista and Windows 7, or even Window XP and Windows 7.  The key to multi-boot configurations that involve Windows Vista, Server 2008 or Windows 7 is Boot Configuration Data (BCD) store.  The BCD will make or break your configurations, I walk you through setting up your hard drive to support a multi-OS boot configuration.  Once you've seen the power of the dual boot scenario, I'd like to point you to a few articles that will provide additional detail.  One of the assumptions I made was that an earlier version of Windows already exists and that you will be installing a newer version of Windows (like Windows 7).  In the event that you have Windows Vista or Windows 7 already installed and then you install Windows XP, you'll need to check out this article.  This article holds true for Windows 7 as well as Windows Vista.
Windows Vista no longer starts after you install an earlier version of the Windows operating system in a dual-boot configuration

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/933179

If you want to learn all of the details of the bcdedit tool, check out:

BCDEdit Command-Line Options

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc709667.aspx

and then of course you'll want to check out the faq as well:

Boot Configuration Data Editor Frequently Asked Questions

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc721886.aspx

Title: Re: Yes, Dorthy, you will be able to dual boot XP and Win7
Post by: Pestalence_XC on April 16, 2009, 04:42:04 pm

Or they can go to my thread stating Dual Boot with Vista Preinstalled.. exact same procedure.. just follow the text file I have available for DL

http://www.dynaverse.net/forum/index.php/topic,163380252.0.html

Title: Re: Yes, Dorthy, you will be able to dual boot XP and Win7
Post by: Wraith 413 on April 18, 2009, 05:07:05 pm

 When I installed Win7 on another HD, initially it didn't seem to take. Reloaded Win7 and viola, I get an OS selection screen. This was before you gents made this thread, but it's good info to have around. Thanks for taking the time to post these helpful articles to all who post here.