How to install Windows XP over Windows 7 in a dual boot ?

This guide tells you ‘How to dual boot Windows 7 and Windows XP’ with Windows 7 installed first . This case is applicable for users who have Windows 7 pre-installed on ‘C’ and want to install XP on their ‘D’ partition. The process for this is same as we did for Windows XP & Vista. Follow the simple steps below to install XP after Windows 7 . 1) Make a clean Install of Windows XP on ‘D’ partition of your hard drive. Assuming, Windows 7 is installed on ‘C’ partition. 2) After restarting system, you willdirectly boot into Windows XP. That’s because XP writes its bootloader over Windows 7. So, we need to restore the Win 7 bootloader. 3) To restore 7, you need to Boot from the Windows 7 DVD and “ Repair your computer ”. Check this article “ How to Perform a Startup Repair in Windows 7 ” toperform repair. 4) After repairing, your system will restart and boot into Windows 7. 5) Download and Install EasyBCD on your Windows 7 to add boot entry for XP. 6) Launch the program and select ‘Add New Entry’. Under “Operating Systems” open the Windows tab, select the Type as “Windows NT/2k/XP/2k3” and click on ‘Add Entry’. The entry for Windows XP would be added instantly. You can choose the default OS to boot andmodify the boot menu time-out from “Edit Boot Menu” option. That’s it. Now restart you PC and you’ll be presented with two options, Windows 7 and Windows XP. Select the OS you want to work on

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