XP and Win7

[xc]

Hi group

is it possible to make a dual boot

XP sp2 64bits with Win7 32bits ?

thanks very much in advance
Carlos.

 

[smlunatick]

Hi group

is it possible to make a dual boot

XP sp2 64bits with Win7 32bits ?

thanks very much in advance
Carlos.

I would say: Yes. Windows 7 is based to the Vista "setup" and install
process. Just look for method on setting up Vista / XP dual boot and
replace "Windows 7" for Vista.

As with any "partition" manipulation (ie: changes) back up important
files.

 

[smlunatick]

I would say: Yes.  Windows 7 is based to the Vista "setup" and install
process.  Just look for method on setting up Vista / XP dual boot and
replace "Windows 7" for Vista.

As with any "partition" manipulation (ie: changes) back up important
files.

OOPS! Disregard my previous post. I did not see he XP was 64Bit.

 

[John John - MVP]

OOPS! Disregard my previous post. I did not see he XP was 64Bit.

It doesn't matter if it's 32-bit or 64-bit, the Windows 7 boot manager
will pass the boot process to the 64-bit ntldr version when the XP
option is selected and it will boot the 64-bit XP version.

John

 

[Jerry]

Sure. I have XP Pro, XP Pro x64, Win7 32-bit, and Win7 64-bit installed.
Quad-boot in this case.

 

[BillW50]

In Jerry typed on Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:55:28 -0700:

Sure. I have XP Pro, XP Pro x64, Win7 32-bit, and Win7 64-bit
installed. Quad-boot in this case.

Why do you need four OS on one computer for Jerry? Just curious.

 

[Roy Smith]

I would say: Yes. Windows 7 is based to the Vista "setup" and install
process. Just look for method on setting up Vista / XP dual boot and
replace "Windows 7" for Vista.

As with any "partition" manipulation (ie: changes) back up important
files.

Sure works no problem as long as you've installed WinXP first, then
Windows7... doing it this way will automatically set it up for a dual
boot situation.




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[xc]

thanks friends for all your answers,

After installing Win7, if I simply delete Win7's partition,
does XP shall can boot normally ?

thanks very much in advance,

 

[xc]

thanks Jerry,
it's good to know your answer

Sure. I have XP Pro, XP Pro x64, Win7 32-bit, and Win7 64-bit installed.
Quad-boot in this case.

 

[Roy Smith]

thanks friends for all your answers,

After installing Win7, if I simply delete Win7's partition,
does XP shall can boot normally ?

thanks very much in advance,

No, simply deleting the Win7 partition will restore your pc to booting
WindowsXP. To remove Win7 and go back to XP you'll have to go into the
recovery console and do a fixboot then fixmbr to rewrite the master boot
record.


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[xc]

ok, thanks Roy for your prompt answer

Carlos.


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[Terry R.]

The date and time was Friday, August 21, 2009 3:46:37 PM , and on a
whim, Roy Smith pounded out on the keyboard:

No, simply deleting the Win7 partition will restore your pc to booting
WindowsXP. To remove Win7 and go back to XP you'll have to go into the
recovery console and do a fixboot then fixmbr to rewrite the master boot
record.

And then you'll have to delete the files and folders in Win7 placed in
the XP partition, and any other partitions you may have also. I had to
fight Win7 over three times to finally get it to boot without writing
anything to the XP partition. Suggestions on the internet state that
you only have to make the Win7 partition the active partition when
installing, but I had to hide my XP partition before it would not
install any files to it.


Terry R.

 

[HeyBub]

Roy Smith wrote:

Who knows?

Wonder what he said?

 

[peter]

you know to avoid all of the work related to XP/W7 boot managers /MBR you
could
connect a 2nd HD and disconnect the 1st HD while installing W7. In this
manner each HD has its own boot manager/MBR
for each operating system on that particular HD.HD#1 will only have the
ability to boot to XP and HD#2 will only boot to W7.
you just need to pick which HD to boot from in the BIOS or if your mobo has
that capability by means of F!2 at boot.
That is how I am running XP and W7 on my system.
peter

 

[John John - MVP]

It helps if you understand how a computer boots an operating system.

When you boot the computer the first set of instructions is obtained
from the BIOS, in the BIOS there are instructions telling the BIOS that
it should boot the hard disk.

The BIOS finds the hard disk and loads the first sector on the disk,
this sector is the Master Boot Record, or MBR for short. Once the MBR
is loaded the BIOS passes the boot process to the Master Boot Code.

The MBR holds the Partition Table as well as a bit of code refered to as
the Initial Program Loader (IPL) or the Master Boot Code. The IPL looks
in the Partition Table and finds the Active Partition and loads the
Partition Boot Sector, the IPL then passes the boot process to the Boot
Sector of the active partition.

The active partition has a boot sector which holds the Partition Boot
Code, a small bit of code that identifies the boot loader and its
location on the partition. In the case of Windows NT/2000/XP/Server
2003 the boot loader is identified as ntldr, in the case of Vista/Server
2008/Windows 7 the boot manager is bootmgr.exe

The Partition Boot Code passes the boot process to the boot manager
identified in the boot sector, if the partition was prepared by an
operating system that uses ntldr the boot code will look for ntldr, if
the partition was prepared by the later Windows versions the boot code
will look for bootmgr.exe.

So, if you remove all the Windows 7 files when the computer boots it
will still look for the Windows 7 Bootmgr.exe loader and if it cannot
find it the boot process will halt with an error message telling you
that bootmgr is missing.

Before you remove all the Windows 7 files you will have to make sure
that the partition's boot sector identifies ntldr as the boot manager.
Windows 7 has a tool (Bootsect.exe) that permits you to change the boot
sector and return the boot process to ntldr, the command is:

X:\Boot\Bootsect.exe –NT52 All

X is the drive letter where bootsect.exe is located.

The Windows 7 boot manager can also be dislodged with the Fixboot
command from the Windows XP Recovery Console.

This article should help:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/919529
Windows Vista no longer starts after you install an earlier version of
the Windows operating system in a dual-boot configuration

John