Is there a way to dual boot to XP, after installing 7?

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Windows 7 - Tutorial Index look under d for dual boot. That should get you started. lm

People, before this goes further:

du⋅el

/ˈduəl, ˈdyu-/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [doo-uhl, dyoo-] Show IPA noun, verb, -eled, -el⋅ing or (especially British) -elled, -el⋅ling. –noun 1. a prearranged combat between two persons, fought with deadly weapons according to an accepted code of procedure, esp. to settle a private quarrel. 2. any contest between two persons or parties.
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object) 3. to fight in a duel.

du⋅al

/ˈduəl, ˈdyu-/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [doo-uhl, dyoo-] Show IPA –adjective 1. of, pertaining to, or noting two. 2. composed or consisting of two people, items, parts, etc., together; twofold; double: dual ownership; dual controls on a plane. 3. having a twofold, or double, character or nature. 4. Grammar. being or pertaining to a member of the category of number, as in Old English, Old Russian, or Arabic, that denotes two of the things in question.

If you search for duel you won't find it b/c it is spelled dual....

YupYup said:

No not that, use method 2 of this tutorial.Dual Boot Installation with Windows 7 and XP

Yep, I'm checking it out now.

Thanks myzr7.

So it is, johngalt, so it is... but at 1:10 AM, it's spelled duel.

If I may, I've got a question about the tutorial. I'm going to be installing it on another disk, the E: volume I guess, but I'm not sure what I should do with the files inside. Does it matter what volume I install it in? These are the three I have:



Since the E: drive on the tutorial was being used, I wasn't sure if I was supposed to be using it or not, and if it would work properly if I used the D: one. The "recovery" files that were there I just deleted.

***DO NOT INSTALL IT TO E:***

If you hose something on your main OS you will not be able to restore it like it was before - sure, you can install the OS yourself from another DVD, but it will have to match the type (OEM versus Retail) for you old key to work - and you'll have to hunt down your drivers and such....

Trust me - I beta test software *and* OSs and have been doing so for over 10 years - do not get rid of the files in that partition.

That Dell Backup - not sure what that is either, but you might want to find out about it - that one *might* be able to go - and if not, then you're going to ahve to do some serious playing around to get a partition that you can install Win 7 to.

johngalt said:

That Dell Backup - not sure what that is either, but you might want to find out about it - that one *might* be able to go - and if not, then you're going to ahve to do some serious playing around to get a partition that you can install Win 7 to.

I'm trying to install Windows XP.

He wiped D: which was the space where the backup software that came pre-installed stored its backups.

Yes, but he *said* E: - so I am making sure that he knows not to under any circumstance use E:....