HeadOnAPike
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So I got to a point where I finally got where I got both Win 7 and XP installed following this guide:
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/8057-dual-boot-installation-windows-7-xp.html
(Why is the WinXP bootloader in the S drive)?
Where Win 7 is installed first. A couple things, XP is currently installed on a logical drive, is this bad? Second, I first tried installing with an SP1 disk and I got a stop error(0x000000B). I did some searching and appearently someone else had this error by trying to install a version before SP2. I don't know if this is because I put it on a logical drive or if it is because Windows 7 is installed. Would SP1 install on a primary partition? I then downloaded an SP3 image and that worked fine, but my SP1 CD key didn't. Not sure what to do.
So, I skipped the key entry (30 days only) and had it dual boot between XP and 7. But when I installed GRUB, it didn't recognize both XP and 7, just the generic 7 bootloader, which would boot into its default. Not sure what to do at this point.
Also, when I changed the system reserved drive letter from F to S with EasyBCD in XP, and then loaded EasyBCD in 7, it was still drive F.
Why does a relatively simple concept such as this have to be so COMMMMPPPLICCATTEDDD?!?!?!
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/8057-dual-boot-installation-windows-7-xp.html
(Why is the WinXP bootloader in the S drive)?
Where Win 7 is installed first. A couple things, XP is currently installed on a logical drive, is this bad? Second, I first tried installing with an SP1 disk and I got a stop error(0x000000B). I did some searching and appearently someone else had this error by trying to install a version before SP2. I don't know if this is because I put it on a logical drive or if it is because Windows 7 is installed. Would SP1 install on a primary partition? I then downloaded an SP3 image and that worked fine, but my SP1 CD key didn't. Not sure what to do.
So, I skipped the key entry (30 days only) and had it dual boot between XP and 7. But when I installed GRUB, it didn't recognize both XP and 7, just the generic 7 bootloader, which would boot into its default. Not sure what to do at this point.
Also, when I changed the system reserved drive letter from F to S with EasyBCD in XP, and then loaded EasyBCD in 7, it was still drive F.
Why does a relatively simple concept such as this have to be so COMMMMPPPLICCATTEDDD?!?!?!