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    Default Dual boot help

    My games computer has win7 on it to run a few games.
    I want to install another game that will only run on XP. So I created a second partition and installed XP as well.

    I thought boot would give me the option to pick which os I want, but it just jumps straight into XP.
    How do I make that option at boot ?



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    A day and a half later and I finally have a XP Win7 computer working. A very frustrating process on this one.
    I ended up using easybcd to get the dual boot at start up.
    Drivers were a huge problem and so was trying to get an internet connection.

    At last I was able to install the game, only to find it required a key which I didn't have. Now waiting for the seller to get back to me on that.

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    Yeah....bcdedit/bootrec are annoying cmd tools at best ~ good to see folks out there creating GUI interface things like easybcd to access these tools and try ease the pain ( I don't use blowz so interesting to know =)

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    i always found it easier to have two hard drives with xp on one and 7 on the other one.f12 on boot up pick the hd you require

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    Quote Originally Posted by coalminer View Post
    i always found it easier to have two hard drives with xp on one and 7 on the other one.f12 on boot up pick the hd you require
    +1

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    I might even clone the drive to a larger one (SSD) and add a win10 partition for later model games.

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    Quote Originally Posted by coalminer View Post
    i always found it easier to have two hard drives with xp on one and 7 on the other one.f12 on boot up pick the hd you require
    exactly what i do

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    before you run xp on a ssd read this
    running windows xp on ssd on google

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    Quote Originally Posted by fandtm666 View Post
    exactly what i do
    Ditto!
    Or I run wingewoes in a virtual box in Linux.
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