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If you follow these instructions, you should be able to add Windows XP to a system that already has a newer version of Windows
installed – with minimal headache and no loss of data.
1. Download the free GParted Live CD or use a commercial partition editor, and boot into it.
2. Use the partition manager to shrink the partition with Windows Vista to make enough room at the end of the drive for
Windows XP.
3. Add a new primary partition located after the Windows Vista/7 partition you just shrunk. Make sure it has been formatted as
NTFS. It does not need to be primary.
4. Reboot
It's very important to make sure that this partition was created at the end of the drive, or else you might no longer be able to boot
into Windows Vista because your partition numbers have changed.
Installing Windows XP
Warning!
If you're installing Windows XP to a separate physical drive, do not disconnect the Windows Vista or
Windows 7 drive, nor change the drive boot order in the BIOS. This will not help and will make it terribly
difficult to get your dual-boot working again!
You cannot install Windows XP by running the installer from within Windows Vista, instead, you'll have to boot from the CD:
1. Make sure your BIOS is configured to boot from the CD. Some computers also let you press F8 to pick where you want to
boot from – you may use that option instead.
2. Put your Windows XP CD in the drive and press a key when you see the "Press any key to enter Windows Setup..."
message.
3. If you're installing Windows XP to a SATA drive, make sure you hit F6 to load the SATA drives.
4. When you're presented with a screen that has a list of hard drives and partitions, use the arrow keys to select the empty
NTFS partition you created in the previous section, then press 'Enter' to continue.
5. Let Windows XP setup finish. It will reboot several times - do not interrupt it.
Once in Windows XP, download and install the Microsoft .NET 2.0 Framework SP1.
Download and install the latest version of EasyBCD.
Once in EasyBCD, go to the "Bootloader Setup" page, and select "Install the Windows Vista/7 bootloader to the MBR" then
"Write MBR" to get the EasyBCD bootloader back.
Once that's done, head on to the "Add New Entry" page and select "Windows NT/2k/XP/2003" from the drop-down list, give
it a name, then press "Add Entry" to finish. Leave the checkbox for automatic configuration checked, and do not manually
change the drive in EasyBCD thereafter. The settings EasyBCD chooses may look wrong, but it's complicated.
Now reboot.
Finishing Up
If all has gone well (assuming you followed the directions here to a tee, there is no reason for it not to have), you should be
presented with the EasyBCD boot menu when you restart your machine.
You'll have the old Windows Vista/7 entry and the new Windows XP entry you created in the steps above. Selecting each
should get you into the respecting operating system without a problem.
Feel free to run EasyBCD in either OS and customize your dual-boot by renaming entries, changing the default OS, and
modifying the menu timeout.
Grab yourself a copy of iReboot from the "Useful Utilities" page – it's free and you'll love it.
Troubleshooting
Please see the the Troubleshooting Windows XP page for answers to any issues you might have.
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