Multi-boot/Dual-Boot Windows XP on Windows 7

Let me make a video to see what I mean.
Well I'm going to the store first to get a multi-card-reader, come back and put the hal.dll and try it out like so.

XboxOmac said:

gregrocker said:

XboxOmac said:

My dad and I decided to buy a multi-card-reader, then just download the hal.dll file, then continue on with the installation tutorial here.

There is only a remote possibility that it really needs the hal.dll file. That is way down the list of possibilities for this error on the troubleshooting sheet for it I linked you.

But try it if you think that is best.

Like the tutorial says, net framework 2.0 and EASYBCD. And the Windows 7 option should pop back up right?

EasyBCD is used from XP to add Win7 back to the Dual Boot menu when XP is last installed OS.

We are not there yet.

We need to determine if there is an XP which can be repaired. Are you saying that if you boot the XP installer and proceed with Setup that it will not proceed to find any installations which are there, as it always does? What is the error given then? Try it again now

SIW2 our smartest Guru is here reading this thread.

SIW2: trying to determine if XP is there to repair or reinstall.

If not, should he run bootrec and bootsect commands from XP Repair Command line to start up Win7? Or make Win7 repair stick to Startup Repair?

Then troubleshoot the hal.dll file, replace it, whatever? There are a dozen steps on the troubleshooting sheet linked earlier, one of which is to XP repair install which I wanted to try so we could also see what installations XP installer finds.

Wow, I haven't time to wade thru 30 pages.

What is the situation now?

Are you wanting to boot into 7, but can't?

You can put the 7 repair program on a USB stick - exactly the same as creating a bootable flash for the 7 installation media.

Probably easiest to use an app. that will do it for you. WinToFlash is your best bet , as the others require a 4gb drive ( not sure if WinTo Flash does)

0.5.0013 beta

WinToFlash - Install Windows from usb - Home page

You can't run bootrec and bootsect commands - they are not on the HD. They can only be used from Vista /7 WinRe.

I don't have a Windows 7 disc or anything so I don't want to lose Windows 7. Can I boot into it somehow?

At the moment it's a 2 GB.

Ok for my Windows XP installer, there are two parts.

1st Installation: Text Mode.
2nd Installation: GUI Mode.

gregrocker said:

XboxOmac said:

Let me make a video to see what I mean.
Well I'm going to the store first to get a multi-card-reader, come back and put the hal.dll and try it out like so.

How are you going to put the Hal.DLL in?

Well just download the .dll file. I was wondering where does it belong? Like folder and such?

Thanks SIW2. That is an ISO file. Should he write it to flash stick using UltraISO trial?

He tried Ultra to write XP ISO to same stick yesterday and it wouldn't work. Had to add SATA-slipstreamed files using Win2Flash

Maybe Ultra will work on this?

Any opinion of the missing hal.dll error which stopped his XP install in progress?