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    Dual boot win 7 and win xp

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by spacelordz, May 1, 2011.

  1. spacelordz

    spacelordz Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have win 7 64 bit install first and I want to dual boot with win xp 32 bit. Can someone tell me how to do this?
     
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    newsposter Notebook Virtuoso

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    you need/want a multi-boot manager, plenty of references on the web and wikia on it.

    have you considered running XP as a guest OS inside of win7 using a virtual machine such as virtualbox?
     
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    spacelordz Notebook Enthusiast

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    I need windows xp because I have some video games that don't work on windows 7. I need to split the harddrive in half 1 for windows 7 and the other windows xp. I have the windows 7 that came with my m17xr2 and I have windows xp which I bought 5 years ago.
     
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    Joel coffeecoffeecoffeecoffee

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    anseio All ways are my ways.

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    davepermen Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    have you made sure the games don't run in xp? i've found patches for all games i have (often non-official ones). all runs on win7 by now.

    only stuff that is that old that it can't run on a non-16bit platform don't. but for those, emulation is about the only way anyways.
     
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    I tryied to install mass effect with all dlcs and the dlcs don't show up on the dlcs menu after installing them. But on my other laptop with windows xp 32 bit it everything works fine. I am installing on the m17x because the other laptop video card is broken.
     
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  8. anseio

    anseio All ways are my ways.

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    It looks like Mass Effect CAN be played on Win7:
    Mass Effect on Windows 7

    Looks like different people have different issues getting it to work, but some have no problems at all. Seems that patches are the first, most important, thing.
     
    anseio, May 1, 2011
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