Windows 7 - Dual Boot Installation with Windows 7 and XP

that does help, but if the unallocated volume is currently to the left, is there a was to move it to the right?

thanks

Yes, but the method depends on your current partition set up.

You would also need to use a 3rd party partition manager - there are good free ones easily available.

Need to see the screenshot

Heres the shot:

That looks like it will be fine.

You can use the free GParted - d/l the .iso, burn it to cd - boot the cd and incorporate the unallocated space into XP partition.

SourceForge.net: GParted: Files

GParted -- Download

You have to click the Apply button in GParted for it to actually do the changes you have asked it to do.

It will probably take a while.




Do not do anything to the C partition.

Alright thanks!

one last thing :P what are some potential risks of changing the Letter's of the hardrives. I want to make the XP partition into drive C: and before I do that, this would be great to know

thanks a bunch

A couple weeks back my dual boot system went bad. I have had WinXP on my computer for many years. I then decided to try Windows 7 RC. I took another hard drive, and made a fresh install of Windows 7 and installed it as Hard Drive #2.

After a few weeks of successful dual booting (using either WinXP or Windows 7 by selecting which one I wanted to use upon booting the computer), the computer though a tantrum and the Boot Loader got corrupted during a dual boot load of WinXP.

Long story short, I finally got it running again, I took my WinXP disc and loaded it over my original install. Yes, I know you can get into boot load files and check the code and chage it, if need be, but I chose just to rewrite and re-install WinXP over gain, no harm done to any of my other files, it worked fine.

I have no idea how the boot loader got screwed so bad. I have since retired the Windows 7 Hard Drive. But, I will probably buy Windows 7 when it comes out, right now I am low on funds, so I may not be able to take advantage of pre-order prices. I have done upgrade Windows version int he past but was always much happier if I just bought the full version. Besides, if you just buy the upgrade, then you nee dot keep the other version, and cannot sell it, because it will be needed for installs and re-installs for the upgrade version. I want Windows 7 because I want higher performance in my games and sims I fly.

Wanna ask one thing.
Is it possible to make Windows XP use the programs that are currently installed in Windows 7?
And if possible to import the settings from 7 to XP.

PROpane

Hello PROpane, and welcome to Seven Forums.

Not that I'm aware of.

Sorry,
Shawn

Thanks for the welcome and help.
Even if it didn't help. Well I'll just rewrite some of them.
Because Photoshop doesn't even care what Windows you're using is dual-boot compatible. Works with both, without the need to reinstall.
Also music, video players usually work as well.
And don't you think I could copy the content from regedit\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software to the new XP installation and see if the programs would recreate the other content?

PROpane,

Usually you will need to reinstall the program since files could be installed all over the system, making it hard or impossible to copy over to a different OS. The settings are not always stored in the same location for programs as well. You can try that to see of it may transfer, but I would recommend backing up XP in case it had adverse effects.