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01-11-2009
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Can i dual-boot WIndows 7 with WIn XP? I m currently running windows xp sp2 with windows vista sp1. i just want to know if i can dual-boot windows 7 with windows xp?
| My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Compaq OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 CPU Intel core 2 duo T 5550 @ 1.83 GHz Motherboard Intel 965 express mobile chipset Memory 3 GB DR 2 @ 667 MHz Graphics Card Onboard with approx 512 MB RAM Sound Card Onboard Monitor(s) Displays 15"4 inch widescreen Hard Drives 160 GB SATA WD. Internet Speed sucks |
01-11-2009
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#2 | | Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1 |
| My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number z3r010 OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1 CPU Intel i7 965 Extreme Edition Motherboard ASUS Rampage II Extreme Memory 12GB Corsair Dominator DDR3, PC3-12800 (1600) Graphics Card ATI HD5870 2GB Eyefinity 6 Sound Card SupremeFX X-Fi Monitor(s) Displays 3 x27" Dell & 3 x 23" Dell Screen Resolution 3 @ 2560x1440 & 3 @ 1920x1080 Keyboard Microsoft Ergononic 7000 Mouse Logitech Performance MX PSU 1200W Gigabyte ODIN Pro V2 PSU Case Thermaltake Tai Chi Cooling Corsair Hydro H50 Hard Drives RevoDrive Hybrid - 1TB
Intel X25-M SSD - 160GB Internet Speed 34 Mb/s ADSL2+ (Bonded) Other Info WinTV NovaTD
HP CP1515n Color Laser
Sony BD-5300S-0B Blu-ray Writer
Microsoft LifeCam Cinema
APC 750i Smart UPS |
01-11-2009
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#3 | | Windows 7 Professional 64-bit |
| My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number self built OS Windows 7 Professional 64-bit CPU Intel E8400 3GHz Motherboard Intel DX48BT2 Memory Kingston PC3-10700H 4Gb Graphics Card XFX Radeon HD 5850 BlackEd. Sound Card Asus Xonar DG Monitor(s) Displays 2x Samsung SM-T220HD 22" Screen Resolution 1680x1050 on two monitors Keyboard Microsoft Comfort Curve USB Mouse Razer Diamondback 3G PSU Thermaltake ToughPower 850w Case Thermaltake Armor Cooling Scythe Mugen II Hard Drives OCZ Vertex 2 120gb 3.5" (OS)
Seagate Momentus XT 500gb
Samsung F3 1Tb (games)
2x Samsung F1 1Tb Internet Speed 8128/443 |
01-15-2009
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oops Ok, I seem to have broken mine, let's see if I can get any suggestions.
I am using an MSI Wind that came with XP. When I saw all the people who had successfully installed OSX on their Winds, I decided I should do this as well. The Darwin botloader then took over for startup.
I then decided that two OSes weren't enough, so I installed Windows 7 last night.
Unfortunately, I don't think that it recognized the Darwin bootloader properly....I don't get a boot menu, I don't see any other OSes under msconfig, and I can't get EasyBCD to recognize anything either.
Anyone have any ideas how to rebuild the bootloaders for the other OSes? Or is it even possible? (I could deal with wiping them out since I can copy my data files from XP to Windows 7 and I don't really have anything in OSX anyway)
Thanks for any suggestions | My System Specs | | |
09-08-2009
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#5 | | Laptop: Windows 7 RC1 x86 (Soon Retail x64), Stationary: Windows 7 x64 Retail |
from within Windows 7, msconfig is not for editing bootloader settings, you should use the commandline tool BCDEDIT
Idk how to use it, even though, i know thats what its for
I can't even boot from my OSX disc :S, Thats unfair | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Homemade OS Laptop: Windows 7 RC1 x86 (Soon Retail x64), Stationary: Windows 7 x64 Retail CPU Intel E8600, Core 2 Duo 3.33 GHz, 2 Cores Motherboard Asus P5B Memory 4 GB on both PC's Graphics Card Nvidia 9800 GTX+ Sound Card Onboard Monitor(s) Displays Asus 19" + Asus 24" Screen Resolution 1440*900 + 1920*1080 Keyboard Logitech G15v2 Mouse Logitech G9 PSU Corsair VX 550 Watts Case Antec - Silent Gaming Cooling Silent Fans (That can turn pretty loud) Hard Drives Maxtor STM3250820AS - 240 GB (As 2 partitions) - SATA2
WDC WD2000JB-00GVA0 - 200 GB - SATA2
WDC WD2000JD-00GBB0 - 200 GB - IDE Internet Speed Home: 8,192/512 kbps, Dad's: 20,480/1,024 kbps |
09-08-2009
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#6 | | Windows 7 Ultimate, OS X 10.7, Ubuntu 11.04 |

Quote: Originally Posted by Axess Denyd Ok, I seem to have broken mine, let's see if I can get any suggestions.
I am using an MSI Wind that came with XP. When I saw all the people who had successfully installed OSX on their Winds, I decided I should do this as well. The Darwin botloader then took over for startup.
I then decided that two OSes weren't enough, so I installed Windows 7 last night.
Unfortunately, I don't think that it recognized the Darwin bootloader properly....I don't get a boot menu, I don't see any other OSes under msconfig, and I can't get EasyBCD to recognize anything either.
Anyone have any ideas how to rebuild the bootloaders for the other OSes? Or is it even possible? (I could deal with wiping them out since I can copy my data files from XP to Windows 7 and I don't really have anything in OSX anyway)
Thanks for any suggestions Uh if you are trying to tri-boot OSX, Windows XP and Windows 7.
Try installing Windows XP first, then Windows 7, then OS X (I recommend iDeneb).
Then use Chameleon 2 RC3 as a bootloader. Should all work then and the boot loader will be pretty.
(just realized this wasn't even his thread!)
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Quote: Originally Posted by Dinesh I m currently running windows xp sp2 with windows vista sp1. i just want to know if i can dual-boot windows 7 with windows xp? Yes, its easy. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom | Whitebox OS Windows 7 Ultimate, OS X 10.7, Ubuntu 11.04 CPU Intel E6750 @ 3.80GHz Motherboard Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3L (Revision 1.1) Memory 2x2GB & 2x1GB (6GB) OCZ Reaper 1066MHz @ 1080MHz Graphics Card EVGA nVidia GTX 260 896mb (216 Core) FTW Edition Sound Card Realtek ALC888 Monitor(s) Displays 21" VIZIO TV Screen Resolution 1680x1050 @ 60Hz Keyboard Logitech Wireless S520 Mouse Logitech Wireless S520 - Microsoft Wireless Arc Mouse PSU Corsair 750W Case NZXT Nemesis Elite Cooling Thermaltake SpinQ Hard Drives Western Digital WD6401AALS - 640GB
Hitachi HDP725016GLA380 - 160GB Internet Speed Download: 20mbps, Upload: 3mbps |
09-08-2009
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Again the answer to your question is simple:
1. Make sure XP is your Primary Boot..
it is much easier that way. YES | My System Specs | | |
09-08-2009
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this thread is 8 months old. lol | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Compaq OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 CPU Intel core 2 duo T 5550 @ 1.83 GHz Motherboard Intel 965 express mobile chipset Memory 3 GB DR 2 @ 667 MHz Graphics Card Onboard with approx 512 MB RAM Sound Card Onboard Monitor(s) Displays 15"4 inch widescreen Hard Drives 160 GB SATA WD. Internet Speed sucks |
09-08-2009
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#9 | | Windows 7 Ultimate, OS X 10.7, Ubuntu 11.04 |

Quote: Originally Posted by Dinesh this thread is 8 months old. lol ROFL don't blame me, I hardly ever look at the Original Post's date. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom | Whitebox OS Windows 7 Ultimate, OS X 10.7, Ubuntu 11.04 CPU Intel E6750 @ 3.80GHz Motherboard Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3L (Revision 1.1) Memory 2x2GB & 2x1GB (6GB) OCZ Reaper 1066MHz @ 1080MHz Graphics Card EVGA nVidia GTX 260 896mb (216 Core) FTW Edition Sound Card Realtek ALC888 Monitor(s) Displays 21" VIZIO TV Screen Resolution 1680x1050 @ 60Hz Keyboard Logitech Wireless S520 Mouse Logitech Wireless S520 - Microsoft Wireless Arc Mouse PSU Corsair 750W Case NZXT Nemesis Elite Cooling Thermaltake SpinQ Hard Drives Western Digital WD6401AALS - 640GB
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