windows 7 in one Hard disc and windows XP in another? will it work?


  1. Amit Windows7
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    windows 7 in one Hard disc and windows XP in another? will it work?


    I have two Internal Hard disc's... one is 1TB, and another one is 500GB.

    i wanna know if there's any problem if i install win7 in 1TB and win XP in the 500GB hard disc, and put both in one PC. Could i be able to choose which one to start during boot after that, like in Linux?
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  3. Golden
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    No problems at all, but only have one plugged in at a time for installation.

    During boot, select which disk you want to boot into.

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  4. solarmystic
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    Hello Amit Windows7,

    Yes, you can, and there are several ways to accomplish this, all outlined in this sevenforums tutorial:-

    Dual Boot Installation with Windows 7 and XP

    Hope that helps.
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  6. Amit Windows7
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    k... thanks.. just needed to be sure for that... :)
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  7. AstaLaVista
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    solarmystic said:
    Hello Amit Windows7,

    Yes, you can, and there are several ways to accomplish this, all outlined in this sevenforums tutorial:-

    Dual Boot Installation with Windows 7 and XP

    Hope that helps.
    I need to ask... the link you posted is good and it works (I did it before) but only when you are trying to dual boot with 1 hard drive... as I understand it, the OP wants to do it with 2 different hard drives.

    I am thinking that what Golden says makes a lot more sense... install 1 OS per hard drive but Unplug the other while you are doing so.
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