Dual booting with windows 7 & xp

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ANUPAM MITRA

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My PC is installed with Windows 7 at Drive - C. Today due to necessity I installed XP in Drive - D. After successful installation, I went for restart the system. But after booting, at the firsthand XP is opening. Now there is no scope for me to choose between Windows 7 & XP. How to overcome this ?
 

My Computer

OS
windows 7 ultimate 32 bit
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FRONTECH
Motherboard
INTEL PENTIUM(R) D CPU 2.80ghZ
Hard Drives
WESTON AND SEAGATE
Is this dual boot setup on one single drive or on two different hard drives? Is the XP install activated as the primary drive? Can you post a screen shot of your disk management window?
 

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Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit
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AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition
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Gigabyte GA-MA790X-DS4
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GSkill 4 X 2 GB PC 8500
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ANUPAM MITRA said:
My PC is installed with Windows 7 at Drive - C. Today due to necessity I installed XP in Drive - D. After successful installation, I went for restart the system. But after booting, at the firsthand XP is opening. Now there is no scope for me to choose between Windows 7 & XP. How to overcome this ?
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Try visiting the following link for some help;

http://maketecheasier.com/how-to-dual-boot-windows-xp-and-vista/2008/12/15
(yes, I know it says Vista, but it will work with Windows 7)

Scroll down to the section;
Dual boot WinXP with Vista pre-installed

HTH
 

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Custom Built
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Windows 7 Professional x64
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Intel i5 quad processor
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DP67BG
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16 GB
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Radeon HD 5770
Sound Card
Realtek High Definition Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
Samsung SyncMaster
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1920X1080
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WD 2TB (SATA Internal)
WD 1TB (USB External)
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Corsair GS800
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bassfisher6522 said:
Is this dual boot setup on one single drive or on two different hard drives? Is the XP install activated as the primary drive? Can you post a screen shot of your disk management window?
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Windows 7 & XP are on one single hard disk, i.e. in C and D respectively. However, as desired the screen shot of disk management is attached herwith.
 

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windows 7 ultimate 32 bit
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FRONTECH
Motherboard
INTEL PENTIUM(R) D CPU 2.80ghZ
Hard Drives
WESTON AND SEAGATE

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Customized build from CyberPower
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Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit SP 1
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Intel i5 2500k
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Asus P8P67 Deluxe
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8 gigabytes Corsair PC3-12800 DDR3
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EVGA GeForce GTX 460 superclocked
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ViewSonic 23" LCD
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LittleJay said:
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/8057-dual-boot-installation-windows-7-xp.html?ltr=D

In this tutorial scroll down to Option 2 and then start with step 7. It will show you how to use a program called EasyBCD to add a boot entry to your XP bootloader so that you can set up a dual boot option screen on startup. Since your XP disk is the boot disk in your system, you will need to install EasyBCD there.
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Yes, it is done by installing EasyBCD. However, after booting when the page came for choice, there are three choices, viz. Windows 7 and Windows XP twice. Please go through the attached picture. How to solve it?
 

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OS
windows 7 ultimate 32 bit
CPU
FRONTECH
Motherboard
INTEL PENTIUM(R) D CPU 2.80ghZ
Hard Drives
WESTON AND SEAGATE
LittleJay said:
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/8057-dual-boot-installation-windows-7-xp.html?ltr=D

In this tutorial scroll down to Option 2 and then start with step 7. It will show you how to use a program called EasyBCD to add a boot entry to your XP bootloader so that you can set up a dual boot option screen on startup. Since your XP disk is the boot disk in your system, you will need to install EasyBCD there.
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Yes, it is done by installing EasyBCD. However, after booting when the page for choice appeared, now there are three choices, viz. Windows 7 & Windows XP twice, all are opening properly. However, I had installed Windows XP once only. A picture of the page is attached herewith. How to resolve it?
 

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windows 7 ultimate 32 bit
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FRONTECH
Motherboard
INTEL PENTIUM(R) D CPU 2.80ghZ
Hard Drives
WESTON AND SEAGATE
I am guessing I'm too late, but the easiest way is to virtualize XP, rather than dual-boot.
 

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Nvidia GTX 470
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Dell UltraSharp 2209WA
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OCZ Agility3 240 GB, WD5001AALS, WD7501AALS
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OCZ ModStream 700W
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CoolerMaster HAF 912 Advanced
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CoolerMaster Hyper 212 Plus
DeaconFrost said:
I am guessing I'm too late, but the easiest way is to virtualize XP, rather than dual-boot.
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Better late than never and it's what I do; no wonder I like it. :)
 

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Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom Built
OS
Windows 7 Professional x64
CPU
Intel i5 quad processor
Motherboard
DP67BG
Memory
16 GB
Graphics Card(s)
Radeon HD 5770
Sound Card
Realtek High Definition Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
Samsung SyncMaster
Screen Resolution
1920X1080
Hard Drives
WD 2TB (SATA Internal)
WD 1TB (USB External)
PSU
Corsair GS800
Case
Tower (Generic)
Cooling
3 Internal Fans
Keyboard
MS Wireless
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MS Optical Wired
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54 mbps
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Emsisoft
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IE-Version 9, Palemoon-Version 24.2.0
DeaconFrost said:
I am guessing I'm too late, but the easiest way is to virtualize XP, rather than dual-boot.
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Yes, I have been advised so elsewhere by my other friends. But in that case I should like to delete XP. By opening Windows 7, should I simply format the drive where XP is stored? Any guidance?
 

My Computer

OS
windows 7 ultimate 32 bit
CPU
FRONTECH
Motherboard
INTEL PENTIUM(R) D CPU 2.80ghZ
Hard Drives
WESTON AND SEAGATE
ANUPAM MITRA said:
LittleJay said:
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/8057-dual-boot-installation-windows-7-xp.html?ltr=D

In this tutorial scroll down to Option 2 and then start with step 7. It will show you how to use a program called EasyBCD to add a boot entry to your XP bootloader so that you can set up a dual boot option screen on startup. Since your XP disk is the boot disk in your system, you will need to install EasyBCD there.
Click to expand...

Yes, it is done by installing EasyBCD. However, after booting when the page for choice appeared, now there are three choices, viz. Windows 7 & Windows XP twice, all are opening properly. However, I had installed Windows XP once only. A picture of the page is attached herewith. How to resolve it?
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If all the boot entries are working, then simply use EasyBCD to delete one of the XP entries.
 

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Customized build from CyberPower
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Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit SP 1
CPU
Intel i5 2500k
Motherboard
Asus P8P67 Deluxe
Memory
8 gigabytes Corsair PC3-12800 DDR3
Graphics Card(s)
EVGA GeForce GTX 460 superclocked
Sound Card
Integrated
Monitor(s) Displays
ViewSonic 23" LCD
Screen Resolution
1980 x 1080
Hard Drives
120 Gb Samsung 840 Pro SSD
120 Gb Kingston Hyper X SSD
1 Tb WD Caviar Black HDD
PSU
Coolermaster 1000 watt modular
Case
Coolermaster HAF X full tower
Cooling
Coolermaster Hyper 212 plus
Keyboard
Logitech USB
Mouse
Microsoft 3 button
Internet Speed
download 1.5 Mb/sec upload 300Kb/sec
Use this program to delete the extra entry. It's very easy to use. When I added XP to my Windows Seven machine I used it to fix up the boot menu. It's a no brainer:

Download VistaBootPRO 3.3.0 Free - VistaBootPRO can be used to make changes to the Windows Vista Boot Configuration Data registry quickly and easily - Softpedia

edit: this started out as freeware. Then I thought I saw them charging like $8 for it. If this download turns out to be a paid version you can probably get the last free version on one of those OldVersion web sites.
 

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HP Media Center
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Windows 7 32 bit
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AMD 5200+ dual core
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CRT
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1280x1024
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500 GB Sata internal :

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