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Thread ID: 117010	2011-03-30 00:46:00	dual boot xp & Win7	arjay (1202)	Press F1

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1190431	2011-03-30 00:46:00	Existing system is Intel E6600 with xp. I want to create a dual boot system with xp & Win 7. I have created a new 30gb partition and intend to load Win 7 Home 64 into it. This seems easy enough but do I have to do anything to the MBR to get the dual boot screen, or will the boot screen install automatically when I install the Win 7. Thanks in advance. Arjay	arjay (1202)
1190432	2011-03-30 00:49:00	No it'll create a menu after, so you can boot from either. Once Win7 is installed. Altho 30 GB isnt a lot for Win7. It'll probably fill up in no time. I would make the partition bigger	Speedy Gonzales (78)
1190433	2011-03-30 01:29:00	+1 what Speedy said I would at least double that partition size, I have used a 40G in the past and found it got a bit tight even without much installed.	dugimodo (138)
1190434	2011-03-30 01:37:00	Once 7 has installed you will have to use a program to edit the bootloader because windows xp uses boot.ini, 7 does not.	nedkelly (9059)
1190435	2011-03-30 01:46:00	I've never had to do that	Speedy Gonzales (78)
1190436	2011-03-30 01:56:00	No, windows 7 installs it's own bootloader onto the boot drive and takes over, it auto creates the boot menu. No need to edit anything. If you meant simply to make changes then yeah, EasyBCD will let you edit the boot menu. I like to tidy up the names and shorten the time to default boot as it is way too long. None of this is needed though.	dugimodo (138)
1190437	2011-03-30 03:11:00	It's easier to put XP on first, then W7. Doesn't really matter though, if anything gest mucked up chances are you'll be able to boot into one or other of the OSs, and either fix the boot.ini file or install EasyBCD and use that. There's not a lot than can go wrong.	wratterus (105)
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