Install Dual Boot Windows XP and Windows 7 in a Hard Disk

Install Dual Boot Windows XP and Windows 7 in a Hard Disk

Need 2 OS in one hard disk. Want to keep Windows XP but want to try the latest Windows 7. There are easy techniques to install the 2nd OS.

Preparation before installing, and installing Windows XP

The initial steps:

To partition a hard drive with 2 partitions or more. At least two partitions, C and D. C partition should use the FAT format. For example, only use a maximum capacity of 30GB for Windows XP. And reserving a partition into two partitions eg D, and format with NTFS. Why did it NTFS format, later part of the partition D is used for the OS Windows 7, whereas the C partition used for Windows XP. Windows 7 can only be installed to the partition with NTFS format.
Install Windows XP on your hard drive C partition
Finished installing the OS Windows XP to partition C. The first stage is completed, which has a Sedah computer OS is Windows XP installed in partition C.

Stages below. Assumptions only, Partition 2, above, are named as Drive X. While you will be given the name of the DVD ROM drive D.

1. Put the Windows 7 OS disk, DVD ROM.

2. Then click the Setup.exe from the Windows XP system like the display below

3. On display will show the setup of Windows 7. Select INSTALL NOW

4. Preparation System Windows 7 will copy files from DVD to hard drive

5. Setup process is complete Copy of Windows 7, will be asked whether to update the straight Windows 7 or not. Select Do not just get the latest update so as not to disturb the process for installing

6. This is the MOST IMPORTANT. Never one to choose or Windows XP you actually lost. Select the Custom (Advanced).

7. After selecting the Custom option to install will display the partition for Windows 7. As the description above, as the assumption that Drive D is in the fox by the name of the drive letter X. Just choose the partition to the empty 2 with NTFS format. Note, Windows 7 can only be installed to an NTFS partition, but can not install to a FAT partition. Clik on the partition you want to store the OS Windows 7, for instance on the partition X.

The next process to run as usual, until the install is complete and Windows 7 asking simple questions such as choice of keyboard and state areas.




After Windows 7 successfully installed to a partition into two or partition of X, the final process is the computer to reboot. Then the display will change to Windows Dual Boot, as shown below

Options Earlier Version of Windows is Windows the first time you install the Windows XP.
Options Windows 7 is Windows to the two newly installed, located on the X drive



Do not bother if installed as above stages. Above techniques is to reduce errors when installing Windows to a 2 or Windows 7 onto the hard drive. In addition to avoiding mistakes, how to install Windows 7 from Windows XP will be faster. Since Windows 7 does not have the option of roll back or back when you either choose the options that exist. Suppose you either choose when to install Windows 7 from Windows 7 DVD BOOT system. Then the computer must be reset, and re-boot and waited for reading data from disc DVD of Windows 7.