Once you are in the final step of installation, continue to follow the onscreen instructions until you are asked to connect to the Internet. It will then ask you to configure your Internet connection.
This is done by connecting an Ethernet cable from your router or modem, or by entering your wireless network information. Windows will ask you if you are ready to activate.
Choosing yes will authenticate your copy with Microsoft to prove it is a legitimate version. Windows XP Installation. Once you have your copy of Windows XP installed, it is time to create a partition on your hard drive for Windows 7. A partition is a portion of your hard drive that is designated as its own separate hard drive. This allows you to install multiple operating systems without them conflicting with one another.
After you finish your installation of Windows 7, you must activate your copy within 30 days. Activation in Windows 7 is just as simple as Windows XP. Now that you have completed the installation of each OS, you are now able to dual boot into either when you start your computer. Simply click your desired version of Windows and your PC will do the rest. PC Reviver. Driver Reviver. Disk Reviver. Security Reviver.
Start Menu Reviver. Privacy Reviver. Registry Reviver. Battery Optimizer. Total PC Care. Video Blogs. File Extensions. See all ReviverSoft resources. About Us. Click the hard drive you wish to install your OS to. This will erase any data or OS currently installed on the hard drive. Once your hard drive is formatted, Windows XP will restart and present you with several options. Games tend to use a lot of space and while you are in Windows XP, you probably will want to run a few applications while you are in it.
So making sure you configure the system to support your needs is very important. So, the first thing we are going to do is setup the partition to run Windows 7. Windows XP needs a minimum 1. Of course, you will need to have a valid license for Windows XP, this means, you will need to have a full version Windows XP Home, Professional or Media Center disc to do the installation.
A partition, sometimes also called a volume, is an area on a hard disk that can be formatted with a file system and identified with a letter of the alphabet. For example, drive C on most Windows computers is a partition. In the left pane, expand Storage then click Disk Management. The important one we will be dealing with is the system partition, often called the C: drive or where Windows is installed.
Select the C : drive, we will be reducing the size of it to make enough disk space to install Windows XP. Right click the C: drive then click Shrink Volume. On the Shrink window, you will see various fields and options available.
The important one is Enter the amount of space to shrink in MB. Here you will enter the amount of space you would like to allocate to Windows XP. In my case, I am using a small drive, so I will give it about 5.
In such a case, you may wonder how to dual boot Windows 7 and XP on the same computer. Before installing Windows 7, the first things you need to do are to partition your hard drive and create a new partition for Windows 7 installation on your hard drive. Then install Windows 7 on the new partition. To create a partition in Windows XP, you can use AOMEI Partition Assistant Professional , a free, powerful, reliable partition software that enables you to perform basic and advanced partition operations.
In the next window, you can edit the new partition created from the C partition. Set it as a primary partition. Basically you continue through as if you were doing a clean install on any hard drive.
You will undoubtedly notice that the machine is booting directly into XP at this time. Now you have two operating systems congrats. Very helpful tips, I will use the same to solve issues of my company Indiaaccess Servers and Hostasp Servers Thanks for your info.
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