Can both XP and W7 be run on the same computer?
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From: mikeyhsd on 23 Mar 2010 19:00 why not upgrade to one of the top 2-3 version of W7 and get the xp virtualization manager for free and run xp in it. mikeyhsd(a)hotmail.com "Patti Barden" <patti(a)freeola.com> wrote in message news:esYFbXqyKHA.2552(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... "VanguardLH" <V(a)nguard.LH> wrote in message news:ho8r5u$air$1(a)news.albasani.net... > Patti Barden wrote: > >> I run Xp on my old computer. I am getting a new computer and I'm going to >> install W7 on it. I have >> been told you can run both XP and W7 on the same computer? >> >> Any advice? >> Thanks in advance. Patti > > Google on "+windows +multiboot". One handy utility for multibooting is > the > GAG manager (http://gag.sourceforge.net/) which you can setup on a floppy > (as the boot device in BIOS) before committing it to the bootstrap area of > the MBR on the first detected hard disk. Since each OS is in its own > partition, you'll probably want to get a partition manager, like the free > one from Easeus. > > You never bothered to mention WHICH edition of Windows 7 that you will > get. > When you only say "Windows 7", that refers to the entire family of > editions > available for that version. The Professional and Ultimate editions > include > a license to Windows XP that becomes available if you install XP Mode and > VirtualPC 2007 (and which has seamless mode so you aren't watching the > guest > OS running inside a virtual machine's window but instead the apps in the > XP > guest OS look like they're running inside your Windows 7 host OS. Thanks Ken. I have ordered Windows 7 Home Edition to put on my new computer. My plan was to use the Windows File and Transfer Wizard to copy my settings, put them on my external drive and then pull them onto my new computer. Then create a new partition on the new computer and install W7. Am I way off? I will check out the GAG manager. Patti
From: Patti Barden on 25 Mar 2010 07:45 OK, I am getting W7 Ultimate. My friend is building me a new computer. I have just looked at my husband's lap top (Home addition) which has the Windows Easy Transfer for transferring from WXP. Does anyone know if by using this Easy Transfer Wizard from an XP computer to a W7 Ultimate computer I will be creating a "Dual Boot" for both? I am confused about "virtualization manager" someone mentioned. The Easy Transfer program does not mention partitions? Will I be able to run XP just like any other program? Just don't understand what I will wind up with. Thank you. "Patti Barden" <patti(a)freeola.com> wrote in message news:O3xadNcyKHA.1796(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > Hi, > I run Xp on my old computer. I am getting a new computer and I'm going to > install W7 on it. I have > been told you can run both XP and W7 on the same computer? > > Any advice? > Thanks in advance. Patti >
From: Leonard Grey on 25 Mar 2010 09:41 WET can transfer data files (documents, video, spreadsheets, etc.) and certain program settings (desktop background, icon size, sound scheme, etc.) It does not create a dual boot setup. --- Leonard Grey Errare humanum est Patti Barden wrote: > OK, I am getting W7 Ultimate. My friend is building me a new computer. > I have just looked at my husband's lap top (Home addition) which > has the Windows Easy Transfer for transferring from WXP. > > Does anyone know if by using this Easy Transfer Wizard from an XP > computer to a W7 Ultimate computer I will be creating a "Dual Boot" > for both? > > I am confused about "virtualization manager" someone mentioned. > The Easy Transfer program does not mention partitions? Will I be able to run > XP just like any other program? Just don't understand what I will > wind up with. > Thank you. > > > > > "Patti Barden" <patti(a)freeola.com> wrote in message > news:O3xadNcyKHA.1796(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >> Hi, >> I run Xp on my old computer. I am getting a new computer and I'm going to >> install W7 on it. I have >> been told you can run both XP and W7 on the same computer? >> >> Any advice? >> Thanks in advance. Patti >> > >
From: VanguardLH on 25 Mar 2010 15:12 Patti Barden wrote: > OK, I am getting W7 Ultimate. My friend is building me a new computer. > I have just looked at my husband's lap top (Home addition) which > has the Windows Easy Transfer for transferring from WXP. > > Does anyone know if by using this Easy Transfer Wizard from an XP > computer to a W7 Ultimate computer I will be creating a "Dual Boot" > for both? > > I am confused about "virtualization manager" someone mentioned. > The Easy Transfer program does not mention partitions? Will I be able to run > XP just like any other program? Just don't understand what I will > wind up with. Do you even know what "dual boot" means? It appears that your intention is to *migrate* to Windows 7, not to have multiple operating systems installed and available on the same host. WET has nothing to do with dual- or multi-booting anymore than you copying files onto a floppy or CD to put them under a new OS install has to do with anything about booting. What is your real goal?
From: J. P. Gilliver (John) on 27 Mar 2010 09:41
In message <emgpoCBzKHA.264(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl>, Patti Barden <patti(a)freeola.com> writes: >OK, I am getting W7 Ultimate. My friend is building me a new computer. >I have just looked at my husband's lap top (Home addition) which >has the Windows Easy Transfer for transferring from WXP. WET transfers data, and to some extent prog. _settings_; you still have to install the prog.s themselves on the new computer. > >Does anyone know if by using this Easy Transfer Wizard from an XP >computer to a W7 Ultimate computer I will be creating a "Dual Boot" >for both? I'm pretty sure the WETWiz doesn't create a dual boot; it is really intended to make the migration process easier. (Migration meaning transitioning to using a new system, probably with a new Windows version.) > >I am confused about "virtualization manager" someone mentioned. >The Easy Transfer program does not mention partitions? Will I be able to run ET certainly isn't a partition manager. >XP just like any other program? Just don't understand what I will >wind up with. >Thank you. > Virtualisation, or a virtual machine, is a way of simulating a whole PC - complete with whatever operating system you care to put on it. As such, yes, it's a bit like running XP (if that's the OS you put on your VM) as a program. > > > >"Patti Barden" <patti(a)freeola.com> wrote in message >news:O3xadNcyKHA.1796(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >> Hi, >> I run Xp on my old computer. I am getting a new computer and I'm going to >> install W7 on it. I have >> been told you can run both XP and W7 on the same computer? >> >> Any advice? >> Thanks in advance. Patti >> > > Well, there are (at least) two ways of doing that. One is dual boot - you select at boot time which operating system you're going to load. You are then stuck in that OS until you next boot. The two OSs (only one of which you can run at once) can share drives/data (though be careful not to alter any files other than data). The other is virtualisation: with that, you simulate a whole PC, including installing an operating system on it. In this, the simulation runs as a program under the (usually later) OS. I think the top version of Windows 7 includes an XP licence. A third way is "mode": some versions of some editions of Windows can "pretend" to run as if earlier ones, or rather can have certain software run "in XP mode" for example; this sometimes allows you to use (say) XP versions of software under (say) Vista or 7. How well this works varies. -- J. P. Gilliver. 27 years experience in the electronics industry - seeking employment (also computer, tester, trainer ...); email for details: CV at http://www.soft255.demon.co.uk/CV2010-3.tif (2-sheet TIFF)! I haven't lost my mind; I have a tape back-up somewhere. |