Pathik Shah

Many Windows XP users have decided to skip Windows Vista and jump on directly to the Windows 7 bandwagon when it releases. Windows 7 RTM is going to officially release on August 6 and the final version will release by October. If you already have Windows XP and want to install Windows 7 on another partition and use both XP and Windows 7 in a dual boot configuration, you just need to install Windows 7 and it will automatically create a boot loader entry for the Windows XP installation. If that does not happen, you can manually add Windows XP to Windows 7 Boot Menu.

To Add Windows XP to Windows 7 Boot Menu

Assuming that you have Windows XP installed on D: and Windows 7 on C:

Open an Elevated Command Prompt and type

C:>bcdedit /create {ntldr} /d “Windows XP”

This will create a boot loader entry using NTLDR for your Windows XP installation.

C:>bcdedit /set {ntldr} device partition=D:C:>bcdedit /set {ntldr} path \ntldr

This will point the boot entry to your Windows XP partition – D: , set the path to NTLDR and add it to the end of the boot menu options.

You can view the changes by selecting the Boot tab in Run > MSCONFIG.

Check out this tutorial to see How To Add Windows Vista to Windows 7 Boot Menu

You can also use EasyBCD to edit and manage your bootloader entries using a GUI.

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