xp after vista

[truehollander]

I have a laptop with win7 64bit and would like to install in a second partition -that I already created for it- winXP.

When I boot from the XP installation disk, I get an error message right after it loads all the files it needs and right before starts the installation. The message says something like "windows halted the installation to prevent damage to your computer... and soe more tips that I think are irrelevant.

I read that NTFS in win7 is different from XP...

Help please... I really would like this dual boot.

Thanks,
Frank

 

[gregrocker]

You need to install the OS's in order of age. XP should be installed first, then Win7. XP will not know how to configure boot menu if installed last.

However it can be done using Method 2 in this tutorial: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/8057-dual-boot-installation-windows-7-xp.html

 

[truehollander]

I think method #2 does not apply to me

Right?
Thanks for the reply...
I do not think it applies for I get an error message I can not go beyond it... any knowledge about this error that can prevent it?

Thanks in advance,
Frank

 

[Dave76]

I have a laptop with win7 64bit and would like to install in a second partition -that I already created for it- winXP.

When I boot from the XP installation disk, I get an error message right after it loads all the files it needs and right before starts the installation. The message says something like "windows halted the installation to prevent damage to your computer... and soe more tips that I think are irrelevant.

I read that NTFS in win7 is different from XP...

Help please... I really would like this dual boot.

Thanks,
Frank

Welcome to Seven Forums.

Can you tell us what these "irrelevant" messages were?
Just out of curiosity.

What steps did you do to prepare for the install?
Please be thorough, we need something to go on.

Where did you get the XP installation disk?
From MS?
Down loaded an ISO file?

 

[ba5ik]

you can't install XP after a vista or 7 install for dual boot purposes. Xp and vista/7 use different boot loaders. like gregrocker said XP can't add itself to vista/7's BCD file.. that is the error message you are getting, none of the messages you are getting are "irrelevant" they are telling you simply that what you are trying to do is not possible.

Since you have a laptop the only way you can dual boot is install XP first, then Install 7.

 

[Dave76]

you can't install XP after a vista or 7 install for dual boot purposes. Xp and vista/7 use different boot loaders. like gregrocker said XP can't add itself to vista/7's BCD file.. that is the error message you are getting, none of the messages you are getting are "irrelevant" they are telling you simply that what you are trying to do is not possible.

Since you have a laptop the only way you can dual boot is install XP first, then Install 7.

It is possible, but it's not easy.

See the tutorial from Greg's post.

 

[truehollander]

Dear Dave76:

The rest of the error message windows XP gave me was something about checking for viruses and the sort, that I know does not apply to my computer.

I prepared the laptop by creating a 40GB partition D, formatting it to NTFS for this I used Acronis Disk Director 10; copying there the two files needed for winXP to boot that I downloaded from another place; installing in win7 EasyBCD and creating in D a winXP "nest" (letting D know winXP was coming there soon or however one rephrases this.

Then tried to install XP with the same message I has gotten since I started, prior to doing all of these things.

The disk for XP I am using is one I have from a Dell computer that my mother in law now has... not one I got from MS, nor a downloaded ISO.

I guess I could do the xp first and then 7 (like ba5ik says) but think will get the same message/problem and do not want to spend all this time and effort for nothing.

 

[Tews]

The reason that you are in this pickle to begin with is because you didnt " want to spend all this time and effort for nothing." If installing XP is really necessary, then take the time to do it right and consider the time taken as an investment in your education...

 

[gregrocker]

I prepared the laptop by creating a 40GB partition D, formatting it to NTFS for this I used Acronis Disk Director 10; copying there the two files needed for winXP to boot that I downloaded from another place; installing in win7 EasyBCD and creating in D a winXP "nest" (letting D know winXP was coming there soon or however one rephrases this.

Then tried to install XP with the same message I has gotten since I started, prior to doing all of these things.

Is the Dell XP disk you are borrowing a recovery disk (for specific Dell machine) or a clean copy of XP? Check the root files if you are in doubt. This is a big deal.

You probably bollixed your bootloader by adding XP with EasyBCD before you tried to install it. If you can undo that then it might be recoverable so you can proceed to install XP (providing your disk is clean XP) correctly according to the tutorial Method 2.

If not, wipe the entire HDD, format new partitions and install according to the tutorial Method One.

 

[truehollander]

It did not work either...

I did it: I erased win7 and formatted all three partitions in the hard drive and tried to install XP and got the EXACT same message.

Any new routs?

Thanks
Frank

 

[gregrocker]

I suspect that the Dell XP disk you borrowed is not a clean copy of XP but some type of Dell recovery disk which will not run except on Dell machines.

What does it say on the disk itself? Explore the files in the root of the CD and tell us what they are.

If you know for a fact it is a clean copy of XP, then boot from the disk and have it format the partition where you want to install XP and see if that helps.

 

[truehollander]

Using the disk to format partition.

Dear Gregrocker,

I wish I would know how to format using the disk from Dell. It is not a disk i borrowed but what came with an XP Desktop that I gave to my mother-in-law and she has now.

The disk says: "Operating System already installed on your computer, Reinstallation DVD". But it worked well with a Toshiba laptop that I had a few moths ago and that now I sold to a friend. But I am not certain of this though.

I do see some " dell" drivers install in the process of booting from the disk when the OS is copying itself to the computer and I agree with you this must be it.

I hope you can tell me how to format from the Dell disk.

Thanks in advance for your help you all...
Frank

 

[gregrocker]

Well now we know why it halted installation "to avoid damage to your computer."

You don't want to use that XP installer at all as it is for Dell OEM's.

Further more, if you used a Win7 Upgrade to install 64 bit Win7 on the other drive, then XP (if it came with that machine) is no longer useable under the EULA. Only if you used a Win7 full retail version can you continue to use an XP OEM which came with that machine, and you need to find a cleaner XP disk to put it on, or order recovery disks.