Many friends in the installation of Windows7 system, did not retain the original XP operating system, wait until Windows7 used a period of time, only found that some of the work in the operation under XP better. If you want to try the new system without affecting the normal work, you need to consider the Windows 7 or XP dual system, and the default Windows 7 environment is not able to directly install the lower version of the XP system. In fact, as long as a little change can be achieved.
been mirrored XP system restore
If you have previously installed XP, you may use Ghost backup too, can be restored to other than the C drive with the XP system .gho system image backup of the other Partitions come in Windows 7 to form a dual system. It requires the following operations:
Step: Modify partition Ghost image installation position. Boot to Windows 7, run GHostExplorer, and open the previously backed up Ghost image file. In this example, Sys.gho in the e:Ghost directory. Extract the three system files boot.ini, ntldr, and ntdetect.com in the root directory of the image file to the root directory of the C drive where the Windows 7 system resides. Then open the View tab of the folder options to display all system files with hidden attributes, then remove the read-only attribute of the system file boot.ini, and open it with Notepad, replacing 1 in the string Partition(1) in the text with 2 (2 means that the .gho format XP system image will be restored to the D drive, if it is 3, it means E drive, and so on), and finally save the changes made to the system file boot.ini.
Step two: Add XP Start menu items. Under Windows 7 system, first install the EasyBcd Han public version attached to the distribution CD. After running, click the Add/Remove (Project) button on the left side of the EasyBCD main interface, then click the drop-down arrow on the right side of the version to select WindowsNT/2K/XP/2K3 option. Then type c: in the text box to the right of the disk and enter your favorite text in the text box to the right of the name (the earlier version of Windows shown at c). Finally, click the Add and Save button in the interface shown in Figure 1 to add a menu option to start XP.
third step: start with WinPE CD-ROM computer fan disc, restore XP system. Run WinPM7.0 under the WinPE system, then right click on the C drive partition where win+r7 is located, select Hide, and hide the partition. Run Ghost again and restore the XP image file that you have backed up to the partition where the D disk is located in Figure 2. After completing the recovery operation of the XP system image, start WinPE and run WinPm7.0. Finally, right click on the C drive partition and select Show to display the hidden C drive partition.
After the above operation, the system is rebooted, you can see that the classic dual-boot menu, and select one of the menu items, you can successfully log on to XP or Windows7. Image installation using GHost Before XP, it is necessary to hide the C drive partition where Windows 7 is located. Otherwise, the Ghost version of XP that was backed up beforehand can't be installed successfully.
install XP installation disk if
by no Ghost backup before XP, and want to install XP in Windows7 system, using the XP installation disk is required. First
XP installation disk into the drive, the operation is then performed install XP, XP operating system will be installed, and a partition other than the C drive. After the installation is complete, you can only log in to XP for a while, because the WIndows7 boot information is overwritten by the XP installer. You can use XP as a boot menu according to the method described in step 2 above. Once you've done this, log in to XP and run EasyBcd, then click the Manage Boots Project button, then check the newly reset Windows Vista Boot Project radio button and click the Write button. When
Easybcd run on XP operating system must ensure that the environment Microsoft.NetFramework2.0 XP operating system has been installed in advance.
PS: how to remove dual system XP system
delete XP in XP + Windows7 dual system is also very easy: in Windows7 system to format the partition where XP, and then displays all of the Hide the system files of the attribute and delete the three system files Boot.ini, Ntldr, Ntdetect.com in the root directory of the C drive, then run Easybcd, select the earlier version of Windows, and then click the Delete and Save button to restore the Windows 7 list. system.