Require some assistance, please

[Steve Leigh]

Hi All,
This is my 1st post - my, what a great forum!

I have W7Pro installed, working well on my 1st HD (SSD). I can disconnect this drive instantly if needed.

I would like to quickly and easily (due to my ignorance) install XP Pro on a PARTITION of my 2nd HD. This drive is a 2GB, divided into 4 equal partitions.

I certainly would appreciate any help. I have many old programs which ran perfectly w/XP, but won't run at all w/W7.

Thank you for your help.

Steve

 

[Kaktussoft]

Post screenshot of disk management please

 

[Steve Leigh]

www.sl-prokeys.com/Disk.jpg

Don't know how to post image. Link above.

Thank you,
Steve

 

[Kaktussoft]

http://www.sl-prokeys.com/Disk.jpg

Don't know how to post image. Link above.

Thank you,
Steve

I get access denied on that page.

Do this please http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/274797-disk-management-post-screen-capture-image.html

 

[Kaktussoft]

Doew winxp have all drivers for you hardware? winxp is very old... I don't think so. What programs work only on winxp?

 

[richnrockville]

I use the Virtual PC and XP from Microsoft which works fine as a XP machine.

I also run DOS 6.2 and Windows 3.1 as well as windows 2000. I just copy the .vhd's to any new machine which
works fine.
I like an older version of QuickBooks ver 5. works fine in the xp box..
As long as your machine will run virtual machines.
Rich

 

[Steve Leigh]

http://www.sl-prokeys.com/Disk.jpg

Don't know how to post image. Link above.

Thank you,
Steve

I get access denied on that page.

Do this please http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/274797-disk-management-post-screen-capture-image.html

Hi,
It works OK for me without the http:// ie; www.sl-prokeys.com/Disk.jpg

Thank you,
Steve

 

[Steve Leigh]

Hi,

I have several old programs, 3 in particular, which worked fine on XP.
Two of them were written by a friend in Turbo Pascal. They are "On Today's Date" which uses the old "List" pgm to display results, one is a biorhythm pgm - home made - and a few others which came from the days of DOS.

I guess I can live without them, but I'd sure like to have them. They're the first thing I check in the morning.

Thank you,
Steve

 

[Kaktussoft]

Hi,

I have several old programs, 3 in particular, which worked fine on XP.
Two of them were written by a friend in Turbo Pascal. They are "On Today's Date" which uses the old "List" pgm to display results, one is a biorhythm pgm - home made - and a few others which came from the days of DOS.

I guess I can live without them, but I'd sure like to have them. They're the first thing I check in the morning.

Thank you,
Steve

They are most likely 16 bits programs(?) Can you recompile them to 32 bits?

 

[Steve Leigh]

Hi,
I got this link to work:

http://sl-prokeys.com/diskm.jpg

They are 16 bit pgms. The author is no longer living, and I don't have source code. But I sure loved those pgms.!

Thank you,
Steve

Oh NO! I can get the dumb picture in Firefox, but I get the 403 error too if I click the link.
I'm really sorry - I'm just not as literate as I might be.


I tried it again - if you back in the address bar up to /error403, and type in diskm.jpg, it comes up.

Apologies,
Steve

 

[Kaktussoft]

Use virtual box or other virtual machine and install winxp in it

 

[Steve Leigh]

Hi,
Thank you for the suggestion.
After hours of (ignorant) confusion, I just gave up.

I think a lot of this new technology is just so far over my head ..... I'll rename myself "Dinosaur".

Thank you all ....
Steve

 

[Steve Leigh]

Hi,
I just found the paperclip attachment. I'd like to move data off the F: and install XP there.
Also, my 1st post was wrong: the 2nd HD is 2 TB not 2 GB.

 

[gregrocker]

Hi Steve -

Well you can try installing XP but first you must unplug the Win7 HD or it will steal its boot away requiring special repairs to restart it.

If you can unplug WIn7 HD, then boot the XP CD to try install to your chosen partition on the larger HD.

I'd move the files off first, or you could shrink one of those partitions to create a new partition for XP - but first we 'd have to help you convert it to Logical since you can only have four Primary Partitions and you have that now. You can have as many Logical partitions grouped together as you want.

So if you want to try and have a partition you've emptied out there boot the XP CD to see if it can see the HD, choose the partition and try install. If it works afterwards plug back in the Win7 HD, set it first to boot in BIOS, then when you need to boot XP trigger its HD using the BIOS Boot Menu key given on first screen.

If XP installer when booted won't see the HD it requires inserting the SATA Drivers - Load in Windows XP Setup on Dual Boot. If you don't have floppy support it requires merging them into the XP CD: SATA Drivers - Slipstream into Windows XP CD

So you see now why its easier to virtualize XP with a free program like VMWare, Virtual Player, Virtual Box.

We;ll help you achieve whichever you decide.

 

[Steve Leigh]

Hi Greg,

Is there a way I can private email you, and we can exchange phone #s?

I don't know the rules of this forum.

I'd like you to help me through this, if possible?

Thank you,
Steve

 

[gregrocker]

Steve -

We like to keep the help in the thread, so it can help others.

It's actually more interactive than messaging, especially since others can jump in with observations and clarifications.