Downloaded Win7 RC1 and want to try it out. I am debating two options:
1- installing Win7 on a separate hard drive;
2-dual booting Win XP Pro SP3 with Win7 on a new 320 Gig Eide WD hard drive
I just purchased. I am currently running XP Pro but the drive is nearly full.
How do I set up a dual boot using two hard drives, or using the new larger
drive for both? Would like options for both.
Computer is P4, 3.2 Gig, 2 Gig Ram
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option number 3:

install virtual pc or
virtual box in xp,

then virtualize w7 in
one of the above.

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"frajul2" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:837498A6-5429-4DEB-81F2-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Downloaded Win7 RC1 and want to try it out. I am debating two options:
> 1- installing Win7 on a separate hard drive;
> 2-dual booting Win XP Pro SP3 with Win7 on a new 320 Gig Eide WD hard drive
> I just purchased. I am currently running XP Pro but the drive is nearly full.
> How do I set up a dual boot using two hard drives, or using the new larger
> drive for both? Would like options for both.
> Computer is P4, 3.2 Gig, 2 Gig Ram
> --
> frajul2

=?Utf-8?B?ZnJhanVsMg==?= <(E-Mail Removed)> écrivait
news:837498A6-5429-4DEB-81F2-(E-Mail Removed):

> Downloaded Win7 RC1 and want to try it out. I am debating two options:
> 1- installing Win7 on a separate hard drive;
> 2-dual booting Win XP Pro SP3 with Win7 on a new 320 Gig Eide WD hard
> drive I just purchased. I am currently running XP Pro but the drive is
> nearly full. How do I set up a dual boot using two hard drives, or
> using the new larger drive for both? Would like options for both.
> Computer is P4, 3.2 Gig, 2 Gig Ram

You install your new drive as slave and then clone the old HD on the new
using WD tool, WD recommend the DOS version to clone a boot disc.

http://support.wdc.com/product/downl...&sid=1&lang=en

I would then set the new drive as master and boot from it with that drive
alone in the system to make sure everything is OK.

Once everything works, you put back the old drive in the machine as slave
and install Windows 7 on it, format it at the beginning of the
installation, MAKE SURE YOU CHOOSE THE RIGHT DRIVE TO FORMAT (the old one)
and install Win 7.

When the computer restart, it should give you a choice of which OS to load.

It would be a good idea to backup your data on CDs, DVDs or external HD
before beginning in case something go wrong.

HTH
Doum

On Jul 9, 8:41*pm, frajul2 <fraj...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> Downloaded Win7 RC1 and want to try it out. I am debating two options:
> 1- installing Win7 on a separate hard drive;
> 2-dual booting Win XP Pro SP3 with Win7 on a new 320 Gig Eide WD hard drive
> I just purchased. I am currently running XP Pro but the drive is nearly full.
> How do I set up a dual boot using two hard drives, or using the new larger
> drive for both? Would like options for both.
> Computer is P4, 3.2 Gig, 2 Gig Ram
> --
> frajul2

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The date and time was Thursday, July 09, 2009 12:41:01 PM, and on a
whim, frajul2 pounded out on the keyboard:

> Downloaded Win7 RC1 and want to try it out. I am debating two options:
> 1- installing Win7 on a separate hard drive;
> 2-dual booting Win XP Pro SP3 with Win7 on a new 320 Gig Eide WD hard drive
> I just purchased. I am currently running XP Pro but the drive is nearly full.
> How do I set up a dual boot using two hard drives, or using the new larger
> drive for both? Would like options for both.
> Computer is P4, 3.2 Gig, 2 Gig Ram

I have Win7 on a partition along with other OS's. I installed it four
times before finally getting it to completely install in its own
partition without installing its bootloader into the XP partition.
You'll find in your research that it is said that only making the new
partition active will cause Win7 to completely install itself there, but
that wasn't the case in my experience. I had to hide the XP partition
before it installed everything in the active partition.

I would remove your existing drive. Install the new one and Win7. Then
put the old drive back in along with the new one. You will have to know
how to do that and whether your drives are IDE/PATA or SATA. Then you
can easily install a boot manager like GAG that is free to access either
one. And you won't need EasyBCD either.


Terry R.
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"Terry R." wrote:

> The date and time was Thursday, July 09, 2009 12:41:01 PM, and on a
> whim, frajul2 pounded out on the keyboard:
>
> > Downloaded Win7 RC1 and want to try it out. I am debating two options:
> > 1- installing Win7 on a separate hard drive;
> > 2-dual booting Win XP Pro SP3 with Win7 on a new 320 Gig Eide WD hard drive
> > I just purchased. I am currently running XP Pro but the drive is nearly full.
> > How do I set up a dual boot using two hard drives, or using the new larger
> > drive for both? Would like options for both.
> > Computer is P4, 3.2 Gig, 2 Gig Ram
>
> I have Win7 on a partition along with other OS's. I installed it four
> times before finally getting it to completely install in its own
> partition without installing its bootloader into the XP partition.
> You'll find in your research that it is said that only making the new
> partition active will cause Win7 to completely install itself there, but
> that wasn't the case in my experience. I had to hide the XP partition
> before it installed everything in the active partition.
>
> I would remove your existing drive. Install the new one and Win7. Then
> put the old drive back in along with the new one. You will have to know
> how to do that and whether your drives are IDE/PATA or SATA. Then you
> can easily install a boot manager like GAG that is free to access either
> one. And you won't need EasyBCD either.
>
>
> Terry R.
> --
> Anti-spam measures are included in my email address.
> Delete NOSPAM from the email address after clicking Reply.
>

Can I format and partition the new drive (320Gig) into 2- 160Gig partitions
prior to installing either OS and how would I do that?
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frajul2


"Terry R." wrote:

> The date and time was Thursday, July 09, 2009 12:41:01 PM, and on a
> whim, frajul2 pounded out on the keyboard:
>
> > Downloaded Win7 RC1 and want to try it out. I am debating two options:
> > 1- installing Win7 on a separate hard drive;
> > 2-dual booting Win XP Pro SP3 with Win7 on a new 320 Gig Eide WD hard drive
> > I just purchased. I am currently running XP Pro but the drive is nearly full.
> > How do I set up a dual boot using two hard drives, or using the new larger
> > drive for both? Would like options for both.
> > Computer is P4, 3.2 Gig, 2 Gig Ram
>
> I have Win7 on a partition along with other OS's. I installed it four
> times before finally getting it to completely install in its own
> partition without installing its bootloader into the XP partition.
> You'll find in your research that it is said that only making the new
> partition active will cause Win7 to completely install itself there, but
> that wasn't the case in my experience. I had to hide the XP partition
> before it installed everything in the active partition.
>
> I would remove your existing drive. Install the new one and Win7. Then
> put the old drive back in along with the new one. You will have to know
> how to do that and whether your drives are IDE/PATA or SATA. Then you
> can easily install a boot manager like GAG that is free to access either
> one. And you won't need EasyBCD either.
>
>
> Terry R.
> --
> Anti-spam measures are included in my email address.
> Delete NOSPAM from the email address after clicking Reply.
>

The date and time was Thursday, July 09, 2009 4:47:01 PM, and on a whim,
frajul2 pounded out on the keyboard:

> Can I format and partition the new drive (320Gig) into 2- 160Gig partitions
> prior to installing either OS and how would I do that?

Using a web interface with the signature caused a delimiter to be
inserted (the dash dash space "-- ") which wiped out everything in the
post. It would be advised to not use a signature if you're using the
web interface so that won't happen.

Google search EASEUS partition manager. Download it and format and
partition your drive. If you choose to install both OS's to the new
drive, install XP first.

But since you already have XP on a drive, I would do what I recommended
before.


Terry R.
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Delete NOSPAM from the email address after clicking Reply.

Thanks. I believe I have enough information to try to set up a dual boot.
I'll keep you informed.
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frajul2


"Terry R." wrote:

> The date and time was Thursday, July 09, 2009 4:47:01 PM, and on a whim,
> frajul2 pounded out on the keyboard:
>
> > Can I format and partition the new drive (320Gig) into 2- 160Gig partitions
> > prior to installing either OS and how would I do that?
>
> Using a web interface with the signature caused a delimiter to be
> inserted (the dash dash space "-- ") which wiped out everything in the
> post. It would be advised to not use a signature if you're using the
> web interface so that won't happen.
>
> Google search EASEUS partition manager. Download it and format and
> partition your drive. If you choose to install both OS's to the new
> drive, install XP first.
>
> But since you already have XP on a drive, I would do what I recommended
> before.
>
>
> Terry R.
> --
> Anti-spam measures are included in my email address.
> Delete NOSPAM from the email address after clicking Reply.
>

On Thu, 09 Jul 2009 22:13:55 -0700, "Terry R." <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

> The date and time was Thursday, July 09, 2009 4:47:01 PM, and on a whim,
> frajul2 pounded out on the keyboard:
>
> > Can I format and partition the new drive (320Gig) into 2- 160Gig partitions
> > prior to installing either OS and how would I do that?
>
> Using a web interface with the signature caused a delimiter to be
> inserted (the dash dash space "-- ") which wiped out everything in the
> post. It would be advised to not use a signature if you're using the
> web interface so that won't happen.


Bear in mind that the effect of "the dash dash space '-- '" occurs in
*your* newsreader. I don't know whether you can turn that off in the
newsreader you use, but you might want to look into whether you can. I
use Forte Agent 5.0 here, and I have that turned off in it.

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