Dual Boot Netbook XP Pro and Win 7 32 bit?

[Xineohpinakc]

I am considering getting a netbook through an online company and with it would have installed 2gb memory, 500gb hdd and Win 7 32 bit Home Premium. For various reasons (accessing older hardware on the go etc...) I want to be able to dual boot from XP Pro (I have like 3 unused retail licenses) and the 7 home premium 32 bit that I might also upgrade later. Netbook doesn't come with media. Is there a way to do this? I have an upgrade disc that came with my desktop PC but, it is 64 bit.

 

[gregrocker]

No problem, just shrink the Win7 partition in Disk Management to install from booted XP CD. Let CD format the partition.

May need to add SATA controllers to see HD during install: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/72185-sata-drivers-slipstream-into-windows-xp-cd.html?ltr=S

After Xp starts, install EasyBCD 2.0 (after installing Net Framework 2.0 to run it in XP) to Add Win7 to Dual Boot Menu.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/8057-dual-boot-installation-windows-7-xp.html