I installed Windows 7 on Windows XP aand BOOM Windows XP is GONE!!! I got windows 7 installed but XP... It got removed. I need to know how to install multiple systems.
kirill1996 0 Light Poster
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Jump to Postif you dont know how to dual boot and dont have backups you really shouldnt be testing pre-release systems..... its asking for trouble. You shouldnt run it on bare metal, especially not production machines.
Jump to PostI did have 2 systems at first on 1 computer (Windows XP and Windows Vista) but they BOTH got deleted and I DO want Windows 7 Beta.
during your installation for win 7 which OS partition did you overwrite, xp or vista?
check out this site from microsoft for …
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Godsp3ed -7 Posting Whiz in Training
How can you install Windows 7 'IN' Windows XP?? You mean u installed it in the same partition??
kirill1996 0 Light Poster
kirill1996 0 Light Poster
No I created an image file on a CD. I downloaded the beta of Microsoft.com thats how.
And I also forgot to mension I used Nero to burn the CD.
jbennet 1,618 Most Valuable Poster Team Colleague Featured Poster
if you dont know how to dual boot and dont have backups you really shouldnt be testing pre-release systems..... its asking for trouble. You shouldnt run it on bare metal, especially not production machines.
kirill1996 0 Light Poster
I did have 2 systems at first on 1 computer (Windows XP and Windows Vista) but they BOTH got deleted and I DO want Windows 7 Beta.
cguan_77 8 Nearly a Posting Virtuoso
I did have 2 systems at first on 1 computer (Windows XP and Windows Vista) but they BOTH got deleted and I DO want Windows 7 Beta.
during your installation for win 7 which OS partition did you overwrite, xp or vista?
check out this site from microsoft for multi booting system
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306559
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