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Installing Windows 7 on second IDE with existing XP SATA HD
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kaisterkai
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I tried that before, but just the other way around.. I had XP on the IDE and wanted to install window 7...
By the third or fourth time that I started window 7... When I tried going back to XP... nothing loaded.. Conclusion.. Window 7 kicks XP out of the way.. so doesn't matter if you have it on two hard drives, window 7 takes over to be the main OS
[this happened to me and a friend of mine.. but don't know if anyone else had such problem... ]
So if you are going to do that, back up everything before you do
By the third or fourth time that I started window 7... When I tried going back to XP... nothing loaded.. Conclusion.. Window 7 kicks XP out of the way.. so doesn't matter if you have it on two hard drives, window 7 takes over to be the main OS
[this happened to me and a friend of mine.. but don't know if anyone else had such problem... ]
So if you are going to do that, back up everything before you do
NoRulez
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Works for me...
No problem at all. If XP is installed first and you install 7 on a separate drive (IDE or SATA) or another partition, you have the option of booting to 7 by default or "Older version of Windows" which is your old XP installation.
I've been running this dual boot configuration since August 2009 without issues.
Some versions of 7 (the ones that fell off the back of a truck
) that need a loader to work may present problems though...
My XP installation is a "bare essentials" install without anti virus, network adapter disabled and nothing else that chows RAM or resources. I use it as my studio setup for video and audio editing.
The 7 installation does the rest - Office, surfing, programming, and whatever else tickles me at the time.
No problem at all. If XP is installed first and you install 7 on a separate drive (IDE or SATA) or another partition, you have the option of booting to 7 by default or "Older version of Windows" which is your old XP installation.
I've been running this dual boot configuration since August 2009 without issues.
Some versions of 7 (the ones that fell off the back of a truck
) that need a loader to work may present problems though...My XP installation is a "bare essentials" install without anti virus, network adapter disabled and nothing else that chows RAM or resources. I use it as my studio setup for video and audio editing.
The 7 installation does the rest - Office, surfing, programming, and whatever else tickles me at the time.
No problem at all. If XP is installed first and you install 7 on a separate drive (IDE or SATA) or another partition, you have the option of booting to 7 by default or "Older version of Windows" which is your old XP installation.
I've been running this dual boot configuration since August 2009 without issues.
Some versions of 7 (the ones that fell off the back of a truck
My XP installation is a "bare essentials" install without anti virus, network adapter disabled and nothing else that chows RAM or resources. I use it as my studio setup for video and audio editing.
The 7 installation does the rest - Office, surfing, programming, and whatever else tickles me at the time.
i installed by unplugging everything including the XP HD. In that way they both run independently, but have to go to the bios to change the boot sequence every time i need to boot to another.