On Mon, 5 Dec 2011 17:24:31 +0000 (UTC), "Kelly D. Grills"
wrote:

* Karl Townsend :
On Mon, 05 Dec 2011 11:03:05 -0500, tnik wrote:

On 12/5/2011 10:28 AM, Karl Townsend wrote:
I've got software that don't run on W7...

So, I'm trying to add multiboot W7 and XP on this box. Its already got
W7 installed. I made another disk partition. But W7 Is protecting me
from installing from within the OS. So, I just made a bootable XP
install CD. Same story. XP install disk runs a while then I get a
message from W7 about a virus and it shuts me down.

I guess my next step is to buy a new hard drive, now this is starting
to cost a few bucks. Will it work to install XP to a black hard drive,
then install W7?

Have I missed a better route?

Karl

Karl,

Have you tried Windows 7 virtual pc? Pretty much run XP inside Win7.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/vir.../download.aspx

The software vendor tells me that won't work. This is a CNC control
that bypasses windows calls to go direct to the hardware.


It sounds as though you're running the XP setup from within
W7 (?). You need to boot directly from the XP cd.

There are a bunch of tutorials regarding dual booting:
http://www.google.com/search?q=dual+...=1&btnG=Search

Thanks. I found one for exactly what I'm attempting.

Karl