Dual Boot Between Windows XP and Windows 7
Now that you've downloaded the Windows 7 beta, let's talk about how you can configure your machine to dual boot between Windows Vista and Windows 7, or even Window XP and Windows 7. The key to multi-boot configurations that involve Windows Vista, Server 2008 or Windows 7 is Boot Configuration Data (BCD) store. The BCD will make or break your configurations, I walk you through setting up your hard drive to support a multi-OS boot configuration. Once you've seen the power of the dual boot scenario, I'd like to point you to a few articles that will provide additional detail. One of the assumptions I made was that an earlier version of Windows already exists and that you will be installing a newer version of Windows (like Windows 7). In the event that you have Windows Vista or Windows 7 already installed and then you install Windows XP, you'll need to check out this article. This article holds true for Windows 7 as well as Windows Vista. Windows Vista no longer starts after you install an earlier version of the Windows operating system in a dual-boot configuration http://support.microsoft.com/kb/933179 If you want to learn all of the details of the bcdedit tool, check out: BCDEdit Command-Line Options http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc709667.aspx and then of course you'll want to check out the faq as well: Boot Configuration Data Editor Frequently Asked Questions http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc721886.aspx Robhttp://ts2blogs.com/blogs/rwagg Published Date: March 26, 2009 Presented By: Rob Waggoner
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