After creating your partition, it is time to install Windows 7. When prompted, press any key to boot from the DVD. Follow the onscreen instructions and click your preferences. Accept the License Terms. Click Custom Installation. Windows will then ask where you wish to install Windows 7. Click the partition that you created previously. Follow the onscreen instructions and enter your preferences and product key as you did for Windows XP. To activate your copy: You must first connect to the Internet.
Just as with Windows XP, you can do this with an Ethernet cable or through your wireless network. Click Start and right click on Computer. Click Properties from the list. Click Activate Windows Now.
You may be prompted for your administrator password. Enter it if needed. Enter your product key, click next and follow the onscreen instructions. Dual Booting Windows XP and Windows 7 Now that you have completed the installation of each OS, you are now able to dual boot into either when you start your computer.
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Thank You for using Windows 7. Hi, Install XP first on old drive then restart computer with W7 disc choose custom install to 2nd harddisk. When finished you should have a dual boot. Please bear in mind, that my answer is based on the details given in your post. The more I get the better the answer, Slan go foill, Paul. To clarify: If I install Win 7 on the new hard drive having first installed xp pro as win 7pro is an upgrade version , disconnect it and then install xp on the old hard drive.
The thing is that for win 7 to know about XP pro you would need to have XP instaled and the drive hooked up to have win 7 setup the boot options. You can use a third party util talked about here many times.
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Thread starter courtney01 Start date May 24, Joined Nov 25, Messages I found this general instruction online for dual booting from one hard drive. If the installation goes well, then whenever I boot up my computer I should have the opportunity to choose which OS to run?
Nenu [H]ardened. Joined Apr 28, Messages 19, There is a risk that you will not be able to boot either OS if the boot sector gets messed up using that method. This is a more foolproof method: Install Win 7 with only that one drive in the system. This will then give it separate boot files to XP.
Plug in the XP drive again. Dk Gawd. Joined Sep 24, Messages Nenu said:. Click to expand
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