His machine boots into Windows 7, and for him to boot to xp this is what he does as he has described it to me: Go to cmd, right click cmd, click on "run as administrator", click "yes" at user account.In DOS window, type "diskpart", enter "select disk 0", type "select partition 3", type "active." When in XP to go back to Win 7 he does the same thing except that instead of "select partition 3" he types "select partition 2." Any idea what is going on? Win 7 came pre-installed. Isn't there any easier way? Thanks a great deal for your help.
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Manually choosing the active partition is a really bad way of managing dual boot. You should use the Windows 7 boot manager to handle this. This should help you: http://www.kombitz.com/2009/01/13/how-to-add-windows-xp-to-windows-7-boot-manager. | |||
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If you are not so confident in executing commands manually there is a graphic interface for modifying boot menu: | |||
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Why not just use the Windows XP Virtual Mode? | |||
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