dual boot dual drive

Changed drive to "S" no problem.extracted 3 files and put them into S drive.Then opened elevated command (in win 7)tryed typing this. as you can see it didnt like it. Have I typed it wrong

dredge3 said:

Ok I have read the tutorial.
This is my first post..HI
I have Win XP 32 bit on my old drive. I buy Win 7 full retail and a new HD. I set bios to boot from cd etc. Win 7 starts up. It shows the 2 drives, so I select new drive...no problems. It starts install. I leave it to do its stuff.When I come back its up and all ok.I dint get any option to boot from XP. The drive was listed as "SYSTEM" but not old Windows or anything.
HELP!!
Also ASUS chipset drivers dont work and they were listed as 7 drivers.I tried Vista drivers but it normally shuts down and restarts. Nothing. Took only a second and screen pops up asking if it worked? how do I know lol

Hi dredge. If u have installed 7 from within xp, this problem wount occur. But now you are to get rid of it, so u should install xp bootloader. Try vista boot pro or easybcd to install xp bootloader, and everything should be solved.

In my experience, 7 doesnt need chipset drivers, neither for graphics nor for network. i also have an asus motherboard, it runs fine without drivers.

Arc said:

dredge3 said:

Ok I have read the tutorial.
This is my first post..HI
I have Win XP 32 bit on my old drive. I buy Win 7 full retail and a new HD. I set bios to boot from cd etc. Win 7 starts up. It shows the 2 drives, so I select new drive...no problems. It starts install. I leave it to do its stuff.When I come back its up and all ok.I dint get any option to boot from XP. The drive was listed as "SYSTEM" but not old Windows or anything.
HELP!!
Also ASUS chipset drivers dont work and they were listed as 7 drivers.I tried Vista drivers but it normally shuts down and restarts. Nothing. Took only a second and screen pops up asking if it worked? how do I know lol

Hi dredge. If u have installed 7 from within xp, this problem wount occur. But now you are to get rid of it, so u should install xp bootloader. Try vista boot pro or easybcd to install xp bootloader, and everything should be solved.

In my experience, 7 doesnt need chipset drivers, neither for graphics nor for network. i also have an asus motherboard, it runs fine without drivers.

I havnt installed 7 from within XP, if I am undertanding what you mean

SIW2 said:

You haven't got the spaces in there.

It might be easier for you to copy and paste the commands.

bcdedit /create {ntldr} /d "Windows XP"

bcdedit /set {ntldr} device boot

bcdedit /set {ntldr} path \ntldr

bcdedit /displayorder {ntldr} /addlast


Like this ( except you are doing it from C:\Windows\system32> )

Where should I be doing it from?

Exactly the way you did it before ( except you didn't type it in right ). Copy and paste the above commands, instead of typing them - press enter after each one.

What I meant was,in your screenshot, your command window says C:\Windows\system32> . That is how it should be.

My command window says D:\Windows\system32> because I am booted into D.

Do exactly what you were doing - copy and paste this time, instead of trying to type the commands.

dredge3 said:

Arc said:

dredge3 said:

Ok I have read the tutorial.
This is my first post..HI
I have Win XP 32 bit on my old drive. I buy Win 7 full retail and a new HD. I set bios to boot from cd etc. Win 7 starts up. It shows the 2 drives, so I select new drive...no problems. It starts install. I leave it to do its stuff.When I come back its up and all ok.I dint get any option to boot from XP. The drive was listed as "SYSTEM" but not old Windows or anything.
HELP!!
Also ASUS chipset drivers dont work and they were listed as 7 drivers.I tried Vista drivers but it normally shuts down and restarts. Nothing. Took only a second and screen pops up asking if it worked? how do I know lol

Hi dredge. If u have installed 7 from within xp, this problem wount occur. But now you are to get rid of it, so u should install xp bootloader. Try vista boot pro or easybcd to install xp bootloader, and everything should be solved.

In my experience, 7 doesnt need chipset drivers, neither for graphics nor for network. i also have an asus motherboard, it runs fine without drivers.

I havnt installed 7 from within XP, if I am undertanding what you mean

My wanted to say you that now u install a software named easybcd. In the add/remove entry tab, add an windows entry of type xp in the boot drive (system reserved). From the picture u may understand it.

Moreover , a newer version of windows is easily installable in an earlier version. It is the easy way to have a dual boot. In the reverse situation, The process is a bit lengthy. It is to configure the boot then.

You could use Easybcd to add the XP bcd entry - instead of the commands listed above. Easybcd is a GUI for bcdedit and will run exactly the same commands for you.

Not necessary, though. The commands take 5 seconds to do.

I am on the Neosmart Forums and have been testing the beta versions of the forthcoming Easybcd version - it will offer a lot more functions.

Arc , you are just confusing the issue by suggesting alternatives.

Yes you are Already lookes up that idea. It was suppost to be a simple, install 7 and it will ask to dual boot Ill try it now

Have you done the commands yet?

It's very quick and easy.