windows 7 and windows xp in a dual boot ?

[adrian88]

Hy all,

My problem is thies : Can i install windows xp on a windows 7 pre-installed on a different partition ? i have win 7 in drive c:/ and i want to install win xp on d: partition , but i can't manage to do it, when i try to install xp it boots from the cd, i select d: partition, it loads the files for the process and the it restarst, after that i am waiting for xp instalation to load up but i get this error "a disk error occurred. press ctrl alt del to restart" after that nothing works ... i have to boot the win 7 cd and back up an image to work again... Please help!!!

 

[zigzag3143]

Hy all,

My problem is thies : Can i install windows xp on a windows 7 pre-installed on a different partition ? i have win 7 in drive c:/ and i want to install win xp on d: partition , but i can't manage to do it, when i try to install xp it boots from the cd, i select d: partition, it loads the files for the process and the it restarst, after that i am waiting for xp instalation to load up but i get this error "a disk error occurred. press ctrl alt del to restart" after that nothing works ... i have to boot the win 7 cd and back up an image to work again... Please help!!!

Normally the older os (XP) is installed first, then when win 7 is installed it creates the dual boot menu.

Disk error could mean the DVD or HD, was there more information in the error?


Ken

 

[adrian88]

Thank's for the quik reply !
No there wasn't any other information...
But if u now another way to install xp on d partition i will gladly accept it,besyde of installing first xp and then win 7.

 

[wullthebull]

just look up bink he has a great tutorial on how to do this and it was so easy, will try and find it for you

 

[wullthebull]

sorry it was brink here you go http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/8057-dual-boot-installation-windows-7-xp.html

 

[adrian88]

Thank's man, i'l take it step by step , hope it will work out.. thanks

 

[DeaconFrost]

Honestly, at this point in time (2010) there is very little to no reason to dual boot anymore, especially when you keep messing up your working OS install. That's on of my biggest complaints about multi-booting, and one reason I avoid it like the plague. You have several good, free virtual machine apps out there, so just load one and install XP.

 

[wullthebull]

a lot of my apps would not work on win 7 that is why I dual boot xp

 

[adrian88]

It didn't work out, i still get the error a'' disk error occurred. press ctrl alt del to restart"
What can i do?

 

[Jonathan_King]

Did you install the SATA drivers for your drive?

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/68505-sata-driver-load-windows-7-vista-setup.html

 

[SIW2]

Make sure you don't have any unnecessary devices plugged in - e.g. usb drives.

Otherwise, try fixboot and fixmbr commands from XP disc.

 

[wullthebull]

when you shrunk the hard drive did you give it a simple name and do not format it under win7 ,do it when you install xp and format it then

 

[gregrocker]

Remove any formatting you made for the XP partition and use the XP CD to create and format the partition during the install.

What is your SATA driver set to in BIOS? If set to AHCI then XP might not work, but if you change it to IDE then Win7 will likely not boot.

Have you had XP on the machine before? What settings have you changed in BIOS for Win7 install.

 

[adrian88]

I formatted the drive but didn't shrink it , i had xp before but i didn't change anything in bios, i will try to format the drive d : under xp cd instalation and see what happens.. Thank's

 

[wullthebull]

what do you mean did not shrink it ??? is win 7 on the same drive or are you trying to use another hard drive ??

 

[adrian88]

i have changed something in the disk management and from basic disk it changed into dynamic, how can i reverse it ?

 

[Jonathan_King]

See this tutorial: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/26829-convert-dynamic-disk-basic-disk.html

You can also use Partition Wizard 4.2 to do it. The latest free version does not support it, but you can download 4.2 here: http://public.blu.livefilestore.com...qLumLw/partition wizard 4.2 free.zip?download

 

[gregrocker]

Change a dynamic disk back to a basic disk: Storage Services; Local File Systems

 

[adrian88]

I reverst it back in to basic disk, and i started a new instalation o f win xp, i made a new raw partition with xin xp cd instalation and begin to install the win xp, after the restart the same error appeared. ''disk error occurred. press ctrl alt del to restart. Nothing works ....

 

[wullthebull]

are you trying to install to a seperate hard drive or have you partitioned your c drive ,what I did was shrink my c drive ,I then gave it a new simple volume and allocated a name for it . i then put my xp disk in drive and rebooted . then when xp came up I did a full format of the new drive I created and then windows xp installed