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Create dual boot with XP - need to go back to Vista fir
I have a VAIO that came with Vista 4bit - I upgraded to Win7 Home Prem 64bit but now wish to create a dual boot system with XP Pro 32bit and Win 7 64bit. I have legacy software that I need to run and it wont work on a 64bit platform.
I have tried to install XP but get an 0x7b error when the installation files are being loaded and I have not found a workaround so the eimpleest thing is for me to reformat, install XP, create another partition, reinstall Vista and then upgrade Vista again to Win7. I have no data to save so there is no issue there.
Problem is, I have not been able to format the hard drive so I can start clean. I tried to boot from a USB floppy but it just hung. Can anyone point me to a program that will let me format the HDD?
Thanks