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Windows 10 & XP dual boot. Best way?
Hi,
I have a PC running Windows 7 only at the moment. I want to end up with it running Windows XP (as default) and Windows 10 as a dual boot. What's the best way?
I have an unused XPx64 installation disc and I have used "Windows 10 CreationToolx64.exe" (from MS):
Windows 10
to create an iso file for Windows 10. I want to end up with a clean Windows 10 installation, not an upgrade (which I read is possible, at least after installing).
Normally, I would install XP over the top of the current Windows 7 installation (removing the latter in the process) then install Windows 10, but I suppose I need Windows 7 there to be able to install Windows 10 from the iso file (burned onto a DVD of course). The Windows 10 disc I create will look for Windows 7 in order to install, no? No Win7, no Win10? Or not??
Both O/Ss will go onto a single SSD (suitably partitioned!). Will I get a boot menu automatically or will I have to use a tool such as EasyBCD?
Don't want to mess this up, so any advice as to procedure and the exact order in which to do this would be very welcome!
Thanks.
Martin
Last edited by martinlest; 31 Aug 2015 at 23:35.