Multi booting windows...

[PlasmaBomb]

Is there a quick and easy way to do it?

My main rig has 2 drives and 4 partitions, but I need to be able to use XP.

Thanks in advance 🙂

 

[murphy55d]

i would like to know this too.

 

[Elixer]

You need to use a better bootloader...like grub (there are many others), I tri boot. XP, Vista, and Debian. 🙂
I didn't install 7 yet, but I will when I free up some space. (Which would make it quad boot 😀)


*edit, btw, you should backup your old bootloader/system, in case something gets screwed up.

 

[Raincity]

Just install Win 7 on the partition you want it on. It will add the entry to the bootloader for you.

 

[bigsnyder]

Ditto what Raincity said. The Windows 7 installer took care of the bootloader (Server 2008 did as well). No problems booting from either partition. The only strange thing is that my XP partition is completely hidden after Windows 7 boots up.

 

[SickBeast]

Originally posted by: bigsnyder
Ditto what Raincity said. The Windows 7 installer took care of the bootloader (Server 2008 did as well). No problems booting from either partition. The only strange thing is that my XP partition is completely hidden after Windows 7 boots up.

That's so that the Beta Windows can't F it up. 🙂

 

[bigsnyder]

Very possible, but it surprised me at first since my XP partition is generally C: When I had Vista on the spare partition, it was always D: drive while XP retained C: lettering.