dual boot WinXP & Win7

[Sul@MS]

My hard disk is partition into C and D
Intend to install Win7 to D

when removing Win7,
can I simply delete D from C and change the contents of boot.ini in C?

tia

 

[JS]

Download and install on the XP EasyBCD edit.
http://neosmart.net/dl.php?id=1
Find the option to restore the XP boot.

Additional reading:
Windows Vista: dual boot vista and xp two different hard drives
http://forums.cnet.com/5208-12546_102-0.html?forumID=133&threadID=264088&messageID=2583952

How to Dual Boot Windows 7 with XP or Vista
http://lifehacker.com/5126781/how-to-dual-boot-windows-7-with-xp-or-vista

Dual Boot Windows 7 with XP/Vista in three easy steps
http://www.techspot.com/guides/143-dual-boot-windows7/

Removing Windows 7 partition - For XP users
http://www.techspot.com/guides/144-removing-windows7/page2.html

 

[John John - MVP]

No, I haven't tried Windows 7 but I know for a fact that it does not use
the same boot mechanism as Windows XP, it most probably uses the same
process as Vista and Server 2008. You will have to return the boot
process to ntldr, booting to the XP Recovery Console and issuing the
fixmbr and fixboot commands should do the trick.

John

 

[Sul@MS]

thanks for the links

Download and install on the XP EasyBCD edit.
http://neosmart.net/dl.php?id=1
Find the option to restore the XP boot.

Additional reading:
Windows Vista: dual boot vista and xp two different hard drives
http://forums.cnet.com/5208-12546_102-0.html?forumID=133&threadID=264088&messageID=2583952

How to Dual Boot Windows 7 with XP or Vista
http://lifehacker.com/5126781/how-to-dual-boot-windows-7-with-xp-or-vista

Dual Boot Windows 7 with XP/Vista in three easy steps
http://www.techspot.com/guides/143-dual-boot-windows7/

Removing Windows 7 partition - For XP users
http://www.techspot.com/guides/144-removing-windows7/page2.html

 

[Sul@MS]

thanks
found this link
http://www.techspot.com/guides/144-removing-windows7/page2.html

 

[John John - MVP]

You're welcome.

John

thanks
found this link
http://www.techspot.com/guides/144-removing-windows7/page2.html

 

[JS]

You're welcome.

--
JS
http://www.pagestart.com

thanks for the links

 

[Leythos]

My hard disk is partition into C and D
Intend to install Win7 to D

when removing Win7,
can I simply delete D from C and change the contents of boot.ini in C?

tia

You should format your hard drive and start fresh

 

[Leythos]

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My hard disk is partition into C and D
Intend to install Win7 to D

when removing Win7,
can I simply delete D from C and change the contents of boot.ini in C?

tia

You should format your hard drive and start fresh

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[Jim]

You should format your hard drive and start fresh

Chris , you`re becoming a parrot .

 

[Barry Schwarz]

You should format your hard drive and start fresh

For the archives, this is a forged post and the advice is bogus.