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| Thread ID: 113668 | 2010-10-30 11:11:00 | Installing xp win 7 dual boot | jareemon (5207) | Press F1 |
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| 1148818 | 2010-10-30 11:11:00 | My laptop came with win7x64, and i want it to dual boot 32bit xp as well. How do i set up a dual boot if all i have is the laptop's win7 acer recovery disks? (and an oem xp disk) |
jareemon (5207) | ||
| 1148819 | 2010-10-30 11:15:00 | Usually its better if you install XP then the latest version. If its pro use XP mode install. But you'll probably be limited in things hardware wise. Probably not a good idea if its got a recovery partitiion (and only 2 partitions). You'll wipe the partition, if you put XP on it | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1148820 | 2010-10-30 11:17:00 | What if i split the main partition into two? but then, i was thinking, that since win7 'recovery' doesnt give the option of which drive to install, i could install xp first on D: then the recovery for win7 will go on C:... would that work? | jareemon (5207) | ||
| 1148821 | 2010-10-30 11:29:00 | I have no idea. Only way is to try it. The recovery DVD is probably set to install the recovery partition to D by default | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1148822 | 2010-10-30 12:08:00 | but c is the main drive, the recoverey partition is hidden... i dont know if it even has a drive letter | jareemon (5207) | ||
| 1148823 | 2010-10-30 12:12:00 | Well try what you said, you'll soon find out, if it works or not | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1148824 | 2010-10-30 19:18:00 | Borrow a Windows 7 disc and use that to install 7 after XP. | pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 1148825 | 2010-10-30 20:21:00 | imgur.com | jareemon (5207) | ||
| 1148826 | 2010-10-30 21:24:00 | It can be done, I've done it twice. You shrink the partition that has with Windows 7 installed to make room for XP, then install XP on the new space. You cant generally use Recovery CD/DVD's as they will take the complete drive ( normally). WARNING: BACKUP ALL DATA FIRST. As I said, I've done it twice, the first time went sweet as - no problems, the second time it all turned to crap, and both OS's had to be reinstalled from scratch, even trying to repair Windows 7 failed. If you go to This site here (www.sevenforums.com) - second method explains fully with pictures. I find it easier to use a third party Partition tool to re-size the drives. One I came across the other day is Partition Wizard (http://www.partitionwizard.com/) - get the bootable CD ISO on the left and burn the ISO using your ISO burning program. Its a real simple program to use. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1148827 | 2010-10-30 21:42:00 | thanks for that, I'll partition the current win7 drive and split it into 2 drives, leaving the hidden recovery partition there (i have full recovery dvds anyway), and install xp on C: and win7 on D:. But, am i able to use my win7hp oem cert (says 'acer group' on the cert) code with any win7 disk? do i need to use a win7hp disk or can i use a win7 ultimate disk with my cert, 'downgrading' it to home premium? and is my cert limited to 64bit? (i doubt this would be the case) |
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