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From: Alsenor on 17 Jan 2010 00:13 Can anyone give me a solid guide to creating a multi-boot drive? I have partitioned my HD and would like to choose between W 7 and XP.
From: Charlie Russel - MVP on 17 Jan 2010 01:50 Install XP first. Then Install Win7 as a New Install, (custom) not an upgrade. It will create the necessary settings to enable dual boot. -- Charlie. http://msmvps.com/blogs/russel "Alsenor" <alsenor(a)ggholiday.com> wrote in message news:%23WvLNRzlKHA.2132(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > Can anyone give me a solid guide to creating a multi-boot drive? > I have partitioned my HD and would like to choose between W 7 and XP. > >
From: Alsenor on 17 Jan 2010 13:15 Charlie, I bought a new HP with W7 installed. Unfortunately they don't give you an installation CD with it any longer, nor does a home made "rescue CD" include the "factory reset" option we had in Vista. So I am a bit hesitant to abandon my original installation! All I dared do so far was create a few partitions via "godmode", but even that doesn't look exactly he way I want it. I want to make the partitions just large enough to hold the 2 operating systems, and use the rest of the space for "apps" and "docs" partitions. However, although the C partition (where W7 resides) is more than 88% free space, it doesn't let me shrink it to less than 300 GB. Why? I even ran a chkdsk on it, which made no difference. I appreciate your help! Al. "Charlie Russel - MVP" <Charlie(a)mvKILLALLSPAMMERSps.org> wrote in message news:uwNQpF0lKHA.5656(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > Install XP first. Then Install Win7 as a New Install, (custom) not an > upgrade. It will create the necessary settings to enable dual boot. > > -- > Charlie. > http://msmvps.com/blogs/russel > > > > > "Alsenor" <alsenor(a)ggholiday.com> wrote in message > news:%23WvLNRzlKHA.2132(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >> Can anyone give me a solid guide to creating a multi-boot drive? >> I have partitioned my HD and would like to choose between W 7 and XP. >> >> >
From: Carlos on 17 Jan 2010 14:53 Alsenor, Defragment your partition C: before trying to shrink it. There may be at least a piece of a file near the "outer" boundaries (close to the 300GB) that needs to be relocated by defrag, closer to the beginning of the partition. Once the partition is defragged (packed more densely) there should be more room for defragging. Carlos P.S.: I don't recommend installing XP after 7 because XP destroys its boot loader. It is risky, it can be fixed, but definitely not a practice for the normal user. "Alsenor" wrote: > Charlie, I bought a new HP with W7 installed. Unfortunately they don't give > you an installation CD with it any longer, nor does a home made "rescue CD" > include the "factory reset" option we had in Vista. > So I am a bit hesitant to abandon my original installation! > All I dared do so far was create a few partitions via "godmode", but even > that doesn't look exactly he way I want it. > I want to make the partitions just large enough to hold the 2 operating > systems, and use the rest of the space for "apps" and "docs" partitions. > However, although the C partition (where W7 resides) is more than 88% free > space, it doesn't let me shrink it to less than 300 GB. Why? > I even ran a chkdsk on it, which made no difference. > I appreciate your help! > Al. > > "Charlie Russel - MVP" <Charlie(a)mvKILLALLSPAMMERSps.org> wrote in message > news:uwNQpF0lKHA.5656(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > > Install XP first. Then Install Win7 as a New Install, (custom) not an > > upgrade. It will create the necessary settings to enable dual boot. > > > > -- > > Charlie. > > http://msmvps.com/blogs/russel > > > > > > > > > > "Alsenor" <alsenor(a)ggholiday.com> wrote in message > > news:%23WvLNRzlKHA.2132(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > >> Can anyone give me a solid guide to creating a multi-boot drive? > >> I have partitioned my HD and would like to choose between W 7 and XP. > >> > >> > > > . >
From: Alsenor on 17 Jan 2010 15:06 Yes, I did defrag it as well, thinking of that reason. Then I ran the chkdsk. Still wants to be 300 GB! "Carlos" <Carlos(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:C61213E5-0226-44D3-A2D1-FE3B1007D86E(a)microsoft.com... > Alsenor, > Defragment your partition C: before trying to shrink it. > There may be at least a piece of a file near the "outer" boundaries (close > to the 300GB) that needs to be relocated by defrag, closer to the > beginning > of the partition. > Once the partition is defragged (packed more densely) there should be more > room for defragging. > Carlos > P.S.: I don't recommend installing XP after 7 because XP destroys its boot > loader. > It is risky, it can be fixed, but definitely not a practice for the normal > user. > > "Alsenor" wrote: > >> Charlie, I bought a new HP with W7 installed. Unfortunately they don't >> give >> you an installation CD with it any longer, nor does a home made "rescue >> CD" >> include the "factory reset" option we had in Vista. >> So I am a bit hesitant to abandon my original installation! >> All I dared do so far was create a few partitions via "godmode", but even >> that doesn't look exactly he way I want it. >> I want to make the partitions just large enough to hold the 2 operating >> systems, and use the rest of the space for "apps" and "docs" partitions. >> However, although the C partition (where W7 resides) is more than 88% >> free >> space, it doesn't let me shrink it to less than 300 GB. Why? >> I even ran a chkdsk on it, which made no difference. >> I appreciate your help! >> Al. >> >> "Charlie Russel - MVP" <Charlie(a)mvKILLALLSPAMMERSps.org> wrote in message >> news:uwNQpF0lKHA.5656(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >> > Install XP first. Then Install Win7 as a New Install, (custom) not an >> > upgrade. It will create the necessary settings to enable dual boot. >> > >> > -- >> > Charlie. >> > http://msmvps.com/blogs/russel >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > "Alsenor" <alsenor(a)ggholiday.com> wrote in message >> > news:%23WvLNRzlKHA.2132(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >> >> Can anyone give me a solid guide to creating a multi-boot drive? >> >> I have partitioned my HD and would like to choose between W 7 and XP. >> >> >> >> >> > >> . >>
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