Help creating Win XP/WIN 7 dual boot

mindrot · 4 Apr 2010 at 03:04

Hi.

I've got Win XP 64 installed on my PC and want to try a dual boot with Win 7 64 bit. What would be the best way to go about this as I've never done a dual boot before?

Thanks

marc2003 · 4 Apr 2010 at 03:22

the safest way is to actually start setup from within your windows xp desktop. make sure you have a spare drive/partition formatted as ntfs before you begin (with a drive letter assinged as well). then simply insert your windows 7 dvd and follow the prompts - making sure you select a custom install. then choose the empty partition you've created and that's it. it will automatically create the boot menu for you.

mindrot · 4 Apr 2010 at 13:33

Thanks marc2003.

What would be the best way to partition the drive and say at some stage I want to remove one of the installs, would I also be able to remove the partition whilst keeping the remaining installation in place?

robinbredin · 4 Apr 2010 at 14:45

Have a look at this journal below, on how to duel boot.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/8057-dual-boot-installation-windows-7-xp.html?ltr=D

mindrot · 4 Apr 2010 at 21:04

Thanks robinbredin