Create a new partition for Dual Boot OS ?

[John Phoenix]

I wish to create a new 30 gig partition on my lappy to install a copy of XP for games that don't work well with Win 7.

Win 7 is on the drive now. I want the win 7 and Xp to be dual bootable. Is this possible?

 

[HalfAHertz]

If you make the new partition bootable, it should be.

 

[John Phoenix]

If you make the new partition bootable, it should be.

Thanks but.. How?

I have only before set up new partitions on new hard drives that were empty to prepare for windows install. I have no idea how to do it with a drive that has an existing partition with an OS on it.

 

[HalfAHertz]

I've never dualbooted a windows-windows system, only a win-linux one and I've used GRUB+Gparted. Luckily google comes to the rescue: first result - http://lifehacker.com/5126781/how-to-dual-boot-windows-7-with-xp-or-vista

 

[Fourstaff]

Here's what I did:

1. Create new partition
2. Install Windows 7
3. ????
4. Profit!

Microsoft will automatically detect that you have 2 OS and will ask you everytime you try to boot on which one to boot. One of my partition is factory setting Windows Vista, the other one is Windows 7.