Dual boot - Windows 7 Already installed - Win XP Partition Unknown


  1. sevenxps
    Posts : 2
    Win7Pro32Bit
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    Dual boot - Windows 7 Already installed - Win XP Partition Unknown


    Hi

    My pc info -

    AMD Athlon(tm) 5150 APU with Radeon(tm) R3

    Motherboard Gigabyte AM1M-S2H
    Northbridge AMD K16 IMC rev. 00
    Southbridge AMD Kabini FCH rev. 7.2
    Graphic Interface PCI-Express
    Memory Type DDR3
    Memory Size 4 GBytes

    Windows Version Microsoft Windows 7 (6.1) Professional 64-bit Service Pack 1 (Build 7601)

    DMI BIOS
    vendor American Megatrends Inc.
    version F2
    date 06/20/2014





    Hi

    I have windows 7 installed on c drive.

    I would like to dual boot with winxp.

    I slipstreamed with AHCI driver.

    When the windows xp installation menu loads to partition choosing page.

    It shows my whole HDD as one partition.

    The partition is like - Partition1 Unknown.

    WinXP is not able to read the hard drive partition.

    How can I fix this ?

    Thanks and Regards
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  3. torchwood
    Posts : 7,107
    W7 home premium 32bit/W7HP 64bit/w10 tp insider ring
       New #2

    dual boot


    Hi Sevenxps,
    have a read of this tutorial.
    Dual Boot Installation with Windows 7 and XP

    AND be carefull, your C drive is getting towards the low disk space limit, once it hits it you will encounter major problems. Move some data out of it now.

    Roy
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  4. sevenxps
    Posts : 2
    Win7Pro32Bit
    Thread Starter
       New #3

    I have followed the tutorial.

    The windows xp installer cannot identify the partition , thats the problem /

    Regards
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