Hello Steve, This is how I did it. I reduced the size of the volume XP was on. I think I used Bootlt to do it. Then installed Windows 7 on it. I have 2 volumes on the primary hard drive and use the boot manager to boot between the 2. Although, Booting into Windows XP is no longer needed since I use Windows XP in a virtual Machine now for programs that refuse to work with Windows 7.
Regards, Tim Lider Sr. Data Recovery Specialist Advanced Data Solutions, LLC http://www.adv-data.com -----Original Message----- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Steve Tomporowski Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 1:47 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] Making Vista and/or 7 live with XP Sorry to break up the echoes, but I gotta question! I've been thinking about this for a while. Both my machines here have XP installed. I would like to play around with Vista and/or 7, but at least in Vista's case, 'they' say that it cannot coexist with XP due to the erasure of System Restore Files. But I'm always skeptical of what 'they' say, mainly because 'they' generally have a very narrow viewpoint of the world. HOWEVER Is there a way for either or both to exist with XP. The first and most obvious ploy is to swap hard drives on a tray, but what about installing each on their own drives and going from there? Just looking for some cute ideas. Thanks...Steve __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4286 (20090728) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com
