Win7 / XP dual boot

R088ieS86 · 18 Mar 2011 at 20:43

Hi Guys,

I currently have my PC setup with Win7 installed on a 60Gb SSD and then a 1TB HDD for data.

Just found out that one of my favourite LAN games - Rise & Fall doesn't run on Win7.

I still have my XP pro license and was wondering can i simply create a partition on the HDD and install XP on it?
I have a feeling in the back of my mind that it will cause problem with the Windows7 install even if it is on a different harddrive, due to it loking for previous installs?

Any help on the matter would be awesome.

Cheers

robinbredin · 18 Mar 2011 at 22:04

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

SparkyG · 19 Mar 2011 at 13:19

Cant you run the game in XP mode via win 7?

spirits247 · 19 Mar 2011 at 15:44

SparkyG said:
Cant you run the game in XP mode via win 7?

I don't think XP mode supports 3D accelerated gaming.

Deleted member 77746 · 19 Mar 2011 at 15:48

Yes, it's possibly to duel boot. You need to install Windows XP first, but create a partition say 50/50 for the disk. Then on after XP is installed, install Windows 7 on the second parition. This will create a new boot menu aka duel boot. Good luck.

Zid_ · 19 Mar 2011 at 21:33

In my experience it's always been easier to set up the dual boot with XP installed first, then installing win7 from within XP rather than at boot.

robinbredin has linked the best tutorial I know for doing it the other way around.

Might even be worth just running XP as a virtual machine.

postmanfw · 19 Mar 2011 at 21:57

If you werent bothered about the advantage of using the ssd as boot drive you could just install xp on the 2nd hard drive then change boot order in bios when xp required.
Would save reinstalling windows 7 again

R088ieS86 · 20 Mar 2011 at 16:36

spirits247 said:
I don't think XP mode supports 3D accelerated gaming.

It doesn't, therefore my graphics card would be useless and i really wanted to test it.
Meh, it'll have to wait until i do another fresh install in a few months then.

Cheers guys.

linktoinsanity · 20 Mar 2011 at 16:39

R088ieS86 said:
It doesn't, therefore my graphics card would be useless and i really wanted to test it.
Meh, it'll have to wait until i do another fresh install in a few months then.

Cheers guys.

No you don't. Install XP as you normally would have done, disconnecting the SSD, then reattach the SSD and use EasyBCD to add the XP option to your boot menu.

Or use: http://www.pronetworks.org/forums/i...oot-with-pre-installed-windows-7-t104890.html

Simple as. I've just done this today, on a RAID0 setup (for XP) and that was more complicated. XP on a single HD? Easy!

Deleted member 77746 · 20 Mar 2011 at 16:40

Zid_ said:
In my experience it's always been easier to set up the dual boot with XP installed first, then installing win7 from within XP rather than at boot.

robinbredin has linked the best tutorial I know for doing it the other way around.

Might even be worth just running XP as a virtual machine.

*Thumbs up*