Dual Boot Netbook XP Pro and Win 7 32 bit?


  1. Xineohpinakc
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    Xp Professional 32 bit, Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit
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    Dual Boot Netbook XP Pro and Win 7 32 bit?


    I am considering getting a netbook through an online company and with it would have installed 2gb memory, 500gb hdd and Win 7 32 bit Home Premium. For various reasons (accessing older hardware on the go etc...) I want to be able to dual boot from XP Pro (I have like 3 unused retail licenses) and the 7 home premium 32 bit that I might also upgrade later. Netbook doesn't come with media. Is there a way to do this? I have an upgrade disc that came with my desktop PC but, it is 64 bit.
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  3. gregrocker
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    No problem, just shrink the Win7 partition in Disk Management to install from booted XP CD. Let CD format the partition.

    May need to add SATA controllers to see HD during install: SATA Drivers - Slipstream into Windows XP CD

    After Xp starts, install EasyBCD 2.0 (after installing Net Framework 2.0 to run it in XP) to Add Win7 to Dual Boot Menu.

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