Hello to you all
Firstly I'm pretty certain that my technical knowledge leaves a lot to be desired and stretches as far as installing a new motherboard etc many years ago.
Now for my request for info
I have a Laptop that has Win 8.1 which was updated from Win 7 using the £25 Windows upgrade so no discs. I need to load XP onto a new partition, that I've already created, for a vehicle diagnostic system that is only suitable for XP. I have a new retail copy of XP ready to load to the new partition but I also want to be able to dual boot so I can still access 8.1. I have read that when I load XP that this will become the only bootable drive as it will overwrite 8.1's boot device hence the need to dual boot.
i have also read that I need to have XP loaded before I can load 8.1 if I want to download EasyBCD 2.2, is this correct as I would need to remove 8.1 which I prefer not to do.
Many thanks for reading
Nick
Firstly I'm pretty certain that my technical knowledge leaves a lot to be desired and stretches as far as installing a new motherboard etc many years ago.
Now for my request for info
I have a Laptop that has Win 8.1 which was updated from Win 7 using the £25 Windows upgrade so no discs. I need to load XP onto a new partition, that I've already created, for a vehicle diagnostic system that is only suitable for XP. I have a new retail copy of XP ready to load to the new partition but I also want to be able to dual boot so I can still access 8.1. I have read that when I load XP that this will become the only bootable drive as it will overwrite 8.1's boot device hence the need to dual boot.
i have also read that I need to have XP loaded before I can load 8.1 if I want to download EasyBCD 2.2, is this correct as I would need to remove 8.1 which I prefer not to do.
Many thanks for reading
Nick