Homer Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 It's been years since I've done this, so have completely forgotton what the rules are! Currently have Drive1: C: (system volume with XP) D: (Program files, too large to delete/move) Drive2 E: (currently blank) I'd like to be able to dual boot with the current XP on Drive C, and then have win7 booting on drive E. Is that possible? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Branners Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 Surely if you run up Windows XP, then run the setup for Windows7 and tell it to dual boot with the installation destination being the E: drive it would work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The-Plethora Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 Havent touched windows 7 yet but it should give you an option of where to install it like any other release. It's handy to be able to dual boot but when I was running more than one OS I would never use a bootloader as its a pain when you upgrade disks or switch them about (I have 6HDs currently). What I did was (for a 2 disk example) install vista on disk 1 and have drive 2 as the slave then when I finished installing I would remove disk one so only drive 2 is connected and then install XP or whatever on that (C drive). After the install connect disk one again. You can now boot into whatever OS you like by choosing "first boot device" in your motherboards BIOS. Always makes it easier if you ever need to upgrade disks and you dont risk having a bootloader throwing a strop because the OS on one of the disks is not where it expects it to be. Also you dont have to burn 30 seconds whilst its stuck at the bootloader menu and the timer is counting down Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted October 31, 2009 Author Share Posted October 31, 2009 Surely if you run up Windows XP, then run the setup for Windows7 and tell it to dual boot with the installation destination being the E: drive it would work? Yes, it does give the option for standalone installation but wasn't sure how to go about it seeing as Drive 1 was the master, Drive 2the slave. Havent touched windows 7 yet but it should give you an option of where to install it like any other release. It's handy to be able to dual boot but when I was running more than one OS I would never use a bootloader as its a pain when you upgrade disks or switch them about (I have 6HDs currently). What I did was (for a 2 disk example) install vista on disk 1 and have drive 2 as the slave then when I finished installing I would remove disk one so only drive 2 is connected and then install XP or whatever on that (C drive). After the install connect disk one again. You can now boot into whatever OS you like by choosing "first boot device" in your motherboards BIOS. Always makes it easier if you ever need to upgrade disks and you dont risk having a bootloader throwing a strop because the OS on one of the disks is now where it expects it to be. Also you dont have to burn 30 seconds whilst its stuck at the bootloader menu and the timer is counting down Ah, good thinking! Will give that a try, thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted October 31, 2009 Author Share Posted October 31, 2009 Thanks again mate, worked perfectly Now on Win7 with the dual boot working Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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