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RogRogRog

RogRogRog

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Cooler Master Cosmos Pure Case (with 5 Noctua fans), GIGABYTE GA-Z68A-D3H-B3 M/Board, i5-2400, Cooler Master Hyper 103, EVGA GeForce GTX 560, 2x4GB GeIL Enhance DDR3 1333MHz, 1TB WD RE3 Enterprise SATA2 HDD

Currently running Windows XP!

I want to add Windows 7. I still need to be able to use Window XP.

How!? :confused:

Happy to buy another HDD if I must
 
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I tried EasyBCD, it failed...

"The boot configuration data store could not be opened
The system cannot find the file specified

Would you like to manually load a BCD registry for EasyBCD to manage?
Please not that EasyBCD requires the Windows Vista/7 bootloader, and will not work in XP-only environments."
 
I don't have a clue, that's why I'm here asking for advice! Which is most appreciated.

But I did say in my original post that I was currently running XP & it seems that EasyBCD can't be run in an XP Only environment.

Are you suggesting that I should instal Windows 7 'on top' of XP, then use EasyBCD?
 
Martyn, indeed I considered doing exactly that, & thought I might get an SSD to speed things up too. But I was ideally looking for a method that didn't involving spending more ££s.

Orcvader, this is the information that I was seeking :D
Unfortunately you cannot shrink partitions in Disk Management with XP :/
However, I'm guessing it may be possible using diskpart off the Window7 boot disc. Or a third party disc management tool (although that's one route I wont take, been there, lost data, never again!)

I'm a little unconvinced running a VM would 100% work. I have certain very expensive software which won't work with Windows 7 and also devices which I'm unsure will be supported, I therefore need to be 100% sure I will retain all the abilities I have now. It is Windows 7 Pro I will be installing, so I guess I'll find out :)

OK, off to try diskpart!
 
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