Can both XP and W7 be run on the same computer?
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From: Patti Barden on 22 Mar 2010 09:27 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 22 Mar 2010 10:05 If you're looking for advice do this: Open the search engine of your choice and type this in the search box... windows 7 and windows xp on the same computer ....and you'll get lots of advice about Windows XP mode, virtual environments and dual-booting. --- Leonard Grey Errare humanum est Patti Barden wrote: > 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: Ken Blake, MVP on 22 Mar 2010 11:29 On Mon, 22 Mar 2010 13:27:08 -0000, "Patti Barden" <patti(a)freeola.com> wrote: > 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? That's correct. In general you can create a multi-boot situation where you can run any number of different operating systems on the same computer (but not at the same time). However note two things: 1. The computer has to have hardware on which all the operating systems you want to run will run. 2. If your old computer cam with XP pre-installed, it's an OEM version, and the license for an OEM version ties it permanently to the first computer it's installed on. It may never be moved to another. Moreover, if XP came preinstalled, it is likely to be BIOS-locked to that computer, and cannot work on another. And a question for you: why do you want to do this? Most XP-era programs will work just fine under Windows 7. And if you install Windows 7 Professional or Ultimate, you can run XP-era programs under it in XP Mode; almost all XP-era programs will work that way. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003 Please Reply to the Newsgroup
From: VanguardLH on 22 Mar 2010 18:32 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.
From: Patti Barden on 23 Mar 2010 12:28
"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 |