I just finished doing this for my HP (Model #: p6210y) and had a few hoops to jump through to get my XP install CD to work with my newer SATA drivers. If you have a newer PC and have SATA drives, you might have similar issues. I will look up the url's that helped me get around that hurdle unless someone here beats me to it.
Yep, I will be dealing with a SATA drive so any help will be appreciated.
Can the upgrade version of Home Premium be used for a Dual Boot installation or is the full version required (I can't seem to find a definitive answer on this). I currently have XP 32bit on C: and would like to install Win7 64bit on a separate drive. So I would use Method 1 Step 2. When I get to Step 5 it says to go to step 9 of a Clean install. Since I have an upgrade disk should I go to How to Do a Clean Install with a Upgrade Windows 7 Version?
Hello Zippster, and welcome to Seven Forums.
If it is a retail Upgrade Windows 7 and not a student or OEM version, then yes you can use it a dual boot with XP using the same method in this tutorial on the first page. :)
Thanks Brink. So I would go through the installation process without activation and then activate manually? I read somewhere that to do a clean install with an upgrade disk you have to go through the setup twice. The first time without entering the product key. Then the second time you enter the product key and activate. Is this not required?
Hello Zippster,
If you have what I said in my post above, then you will not need to do it twice like with Vista. Instead you can just follow the tutorial on the first page as is. :)
Clean Install with a Upgrade Windows 7 Version
Thanks, this worked great! I had to install XP after 7 so my daughter could run one of her games. After the install I realized I had overwritten my Windows 7 boot loader. BCDEdit got me back on track. Thanks!
Hi there,
first of all: great tutorial!!!
But method 2 does not work on my system.
System:
Win 7 installed first.
Goal to install Win XP in parallel as dual-boot
Issue:
During installation of XP (step 6), XP requires a reboot.
After reboot MBR is corrupt, does not boot either Win 7 nor Win XP
Solution:
6a) XP reboots. Failure message (MBR is corrupt)
6b) Insert Win 7 installation CD. Reboot from Win 7 CD. Use auto repair function to recover MBR.
6c) Remove CD. Reboot. Win 7 starts again.
7) In Win7. Install "EasyBCD 2.0 Beta Build 76" NOT "EasyBCD 1.7.2". You need to register before download (all free).
7a) Follow no.8) of original tutorial.
EasyBCD copies original NTLDR, NTDETECT to your Win XP drive.
In "change settings" take care to choose the correct partitions for Win 7 and Win XP.
That's how it works on my system.
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