Windows 7: Dual boot boot.ini file

FyrmnJ · 31 Aug 2009

I am currently successfully dual booting Vista and Windows 7 RC 7100. My question is in anticipation of dual booting the final version of Windows 7 when it comes out, and Vista. Because the Windows 7 boot file is different from the boot file of previous versions of windows, is it STILL MANDATORY to install the OLDER version of windows FIRST (VISTA) and then Windows7?

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sup3rsprt · 31 Aug 2009

no, it's not mandatory to install in any order these days because nice tools exist to fix the boot manager in any way you like.

btw, Windows Vista or 7 does not use boot.ini. boot.ini is from pre-Vista days

zigzag3143 · 31 Aug 2009

Quote: Originally Posted by FyrmnJ

I am currently successfully dual booting Vista and Windows 7 RC 7100. My question is in anticipation of dual booting the final version of Windows 7 when it comes out, and Vista. Because the Windows 7 boot file is different from the boot file of previous versions of windows, is it STILL MANDATORY to install the OLDER version of windows FIRST (VISTA) and then Windows7?

FyrmnJ in philly

Assuming you want to keep the vista, and dual boot with RTM you could either do an upgrade to the win 7 (not recommended) or a clean win 7 install with using bcdedit to edit the boot loader and menu. This assumes you purchased a full reatil version of win 7 and not the "upgrade" version

Hope this helps

Ken

Windows 7: Dual boot boot.ini file

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