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New machine and wanting to Dual Boot Win Xp and Win 7 on 2 drives
I know that this probably has been posted and asked to death , but i was wondering if someone could point me in the right direction.
I'm presently running a machine with Xp Pro and am in the process of building a new machine and would like to install Win 7 on the new drive that's coming with the box, but also keep my Xp installation to migrate folders and such over to Win 7 at my leisure and also be able to boot into Xp to run some programs on it.
What would be the steps i would be best taking to do this, and also would it give me the option at the boot screen to boot into either.
I also heard that it could mess up my restore points, not sure on both or one installation, is that true and how do avoid this?
Would i be best to move the Xp over first as normally don't you have to run a repair of Xp in a new box to get the new mobo to recognize the install? Then would i unplug that drive and install a fresh copy of 7 onto the new HD?
Thank you to all for any information forthcoming that will make this install run smooth for me.
Gord