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Windows 7 - Dual Boot setup
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| 02-21-2011 | #1 |
| | Dual Boot setup I have 3 hard drives in my computer. One for Windows XP Professional, one for Windows 7 Ultimate and one just for storage. My question is can I change my Windows 7 installation to 64 bit and still be able to run XP? |
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| 02-21-2011 | #2 |
| | Short answer is YES, you'll have to do a clean install of the 64 bit os with all new drivers but then XP will work just as it did before |
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| 02-21-2011 | #3 |
| | Sweet! Thanx! RJB  |
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| 02-21-2011 | #4 |
| | Unplug all other HD's, set target HD to boot first in BIOS setup, boot the Windows 7 DVD to clean install Win7. After install, plug in XP HD and boot using one-time BIOS Boot Menu key. This keeps HD's independent to come and go as you please. Leave XP HD plugged in during install only if you want Windows 7 to write it's boot files to XP while creating a Windows Dual Boot menu, which interlocks the HD's. |
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| 02-21-2011 | #5 |
| | If you want a Windows managed dual boot and want the boot files to be created to the Windows 7 partition, after the installation completes, have a look at this tutorial at the link below to see how to mark active the Windows 7 partition and run the startup repairs needed to create the new boot files. Startup Repair - Run 3 Separate Times |
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