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You will need a floppy drive.
32-bit Floppy Configuration Utility
64-bit Floppy Configuration Utility
You will need a floppy drive.
32-bit Floppy Configuration Utility
64-bit Floppy Configuration Utility
I have a new pc with windows 7 pro 64 bit.
Followed the instructions for 'method two'. Got as far as step 6 ('finish installing xp').
The xp installer was copying files. It was taking a while, so I left the room. When I came back, it was on a black screen with white text saying:
Loading operating system...
A disk read error occurred
Press Ctrl + Alt + Del to restart
Every time I restarted, I got the same error message. So, I restored my windows 7 system partition with Acronis True Image. The first time I restored, I used an option in Acronis to just restore the MBR for the disk (and not restore the whole partition). After this I got the same error message. Then I tried restoring the whole partition. Now I'm booting win7 fine again.
Is anyone familiar with this scenario? Should I try installing windows xp from scratch again? Or is there something else I can try from here?
Thanks,
Michael
Hello, first i am sorry fo my not so good english. i followed this tutorial, and i used method two ... in the second step, i boot from cd, and it starts, then files are being copied , and when setup should start, i get BSOD ... it's error STOP: 0X0000007B ... help anyone ???
Hello, Brink:
You have a great tutorial. Unfortunately it has not worked for me.
I got in touch with HP about my problem with getting a dual boot to work on my HP Pavilion Elite 9515Y computer. This machine originally came with Window Vista. I upgraded it to Windows 7, using the upgrad disk which I received from HP. I also downloaded an ISO file of Windows XP Pro with SP3. I have attempted several times to create a dual boot with this system, but I continunally get the blue screen, saying the Windows has shut down my computer to prevent damage.
The HP technician told me that I must have full versions of both operating systems, not OEM's, in order to create a dual boot on this machine. Is this correct?
I shall look forward to your reply.
WmCJohnson
Hello Johnson,
I have not tried it with a OEM version, but if it's one that only does a factory restore type of an installation, then it will not work. I know you can with a retail (upgrade or full (preferred)) version though.
I reinstalled win xp from scratch. This time I didn't get the error.
I used easybcd per the instructions, but my machine continued to only boot xp. Then I ran these instructions: Windows no longer starts after you install an earlier version of the Windows operating system in a dual-boot configuration . Now both are booting fine.
I have some problem about installing xpsp3 to my driver. I have 2 driver and In the first driver I have win7 home premium 64 bit so I want to install xp in the second drive.I followed the method two and made the partition for xp in the second drive.Then I started to install xpsp3 from the boot and it started to copy file but suddenly come blue screen and stop:0X0000007E and error acpi.sys.
After i stop yhe installation and win7 boot as normal no problem.but why i cant install xps3.Do u have any ideas about this?
I have just purchased a new VAIO laptop with Windows 7 64 Pro on it. I have a previous VAIO with XP Pro. I used Acronis True Image to create a back-up of the old laptop. On the new laptop I created a new partition to handle XP. I then recovered the backup onto the new partition using Acronis Bootable Agent. All the information is there on the partition. I cannot get into XP. I installed EasyBCD in windows 7 and followed the steps given. When I reboot and select windowsXP it just loops back to the boot manager. Any suggestions? I know this should work in theory.
When installing windows XP after Win 7, the setup program copy all the files, and then reboot (step 5 on this guide.)
then instead of booting on the xp installer, appears the message:
"Error Loading Operating System "
Is a common problem. it have something to do with the different bootloader in windows 7, and probably because windows 7 aligns partitions with cluster sizes to get better performance.
If I boot from windows 7 installation CD, open console, and run command
bootreg /fixmbr
then windows 7 boots again. (but not XP installer)
The problem is that I cannot log on Windows 7. Many essential files are deleted, and I don't want to delete/format his partition, because I don't have a backup of important data.
All the solutions I found inplies booting Win7, and using freeBSD, or using win 7 in some way. It`s not a solution.
I cannot use another HD, or copy the files to another HD (to wipe out the hard disk).
Is there something I can do?
I can connect the HD to another PC (With win7) , but don't have space to save the files.