fajitasteve
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I've never needed (or wanted) to dual-boot, but now with a couple of new SATA HDD's and a fresh Win7 install package I've cloned my OLD C: drive (with 32-bit XP Pro on it) to one of the new SATA drives (using Acronis) and plan on installing 64-bit Win7 on the other new drive.
I've read a lot of threads with horror stories of mistakes or sequencing problems when setting up a dual-HDD dual-boot system and would like to try to avoid as many as possible. Should I remove my XP drive while I install Win7 or should I leave it in? Which drive should EasyBCD be installed on? XP HDD in SATA1 or SATA2? Win7 in SATA1 or SATA2? etc. I can follow the software's instructions during an install & I don't feel the need to "customize" from the default settings (reading threads leads me to believe that a lot of noob's can't resist the urge to "customize")
I've been involved in computing since 1977 but have no experience with EasyBCD, dual-boot, 64-bit or Win7 & I'd like to do it right the first time.
Thanx,
I've read a lot of threads with horror stories of mistakes or sequencing problems when setting up a dual-HDD dual-boot system and would like to try to avoid as many as possible. Should I remove my XP drive while I install Win7 or should I leave it in? Which drive should EasyBCD be installed on? XP HDD in SATA1 or SATA2? Win7 in SATA1 or SATA2? etc. I can follow the software's instructions during an install & I don't feel the need to "customize" from the default settings (reading threads leads me to believe that a lot of noob's can't resist the urge to "customize")
I've been involved in computing since 1977 but have no experience with EasyBCD, dual-boot, 64-bit or Win7 & I'd like to do it right the first time.
Thanx,