AW: windows xp and windows 7 dual boot issue: they won't
Hy Mate...!
Best way to have stupid Windows7 on a dual boot system, is no windows. You will get lucky by using Ubuntu and Mountain Lion instead...!
Nevertheless, it sounds like You are in a real mess, because Win7 just reserves the boot priority anyway. I dont know why, sometimes new Win7 on dual boot systems behaves like a Submarine, You will be aware of the desaster by opening a window.
To solve the problem You should setup dual boot system in following order:
- Setup drive partitions by using "GParted - "Klick me...!" a powerfull Linux
partition tool that runs from USB-Stick for instance. Assign drive letters for NTFS partitions, otherwise xp setup assumes to be installed on c:\
- Download EasyBCD an easy tu use Freeware BootManager with GUI
"English Version - Klick me...!" dont use BCDedit
Zitat
If you use the dual (multi) boot feature built into XP or Windows 7 to dual boot with, by default, ALL the System Restore restore points in Windows 7 are DELETED, EVERY TIME you boot XP. If this concerns, there is only one solution to solve situation by using MicroSoft BitLocker feature, but that's only available to you if you have the Ultimate or Business version of Windows 7. BitLocker is installed on a secret 20 GB partition wich will be installed during Win7 setup
- It doesn't matter if Windows 7 or XP is "primary" or "secondary". You can only boot one of them on bootup at time.
- So run Windows7 Setup at first within all neccassery system drivers by device manufactors or whql-drivers and disable automatic drivermanagement to satisfact future use of the system.
- Since XP Setup will fuck up Win7 MBR You have to save the MBR to a USB-Device
Afterwards install XP to a fresh partition, not altering it or creating a new one, then restore the MBR from the backup. This would leave the dualboot exactly as it is now, except that XP will start up now because it's a new install.
If you want to go this route it's very important to first mark the XP partition as active and the 7 partition as inactive. Then boot from the XP setup disc and perform the install, taking care to overwrite the correct partition.
After that, you would then set the 7 partition active and the XP partition inactive again - it doesn't matter if you do this before or after reverting the MBR.
- To configure default boot system and startup details go to:
Control Panel / System / Advanced System Settings / rider extended / Startup and
Recovery / Settings
Normaly it should work in this way, if not..., Your questions are welcome. We stay tuned...!
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