"Brian Jackson" wrote in message
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"Brian Jackson" wrote in message
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Hi, finally replacing my 5 year old acer for similar. Would like to
keep XP
and all my data on C and D drive and put the new OS (Win 7) on a new E
drive
and have the choice to use either OS, at start up presumably. Any ideas
how
I would go about setting this up? Would just an external enclosure do
the
trick, just run XP on that? Would the programmes still work (which is
why
I'm doing this)?

Also any comments about Win 7? Haven't heard too much so I guess its
alright, at least compared to the disaster which was the Vista lauch
from my
POV?

I would partition the C drive and put WIN7 on one partition and XP on
the alternative partion ........ When you boot up you will be given the
choice of which version of windows you wish to start up in.

However ......... you do not need XP if your upgrading to WIN7. Windows
7 has an XP compatibilty mode that is excellent!

Windows 7 is awesome compared to Vista! Very quick ........ only issues
so far are that some older hardware such as webcams and some printers do
not have any drivers available.

Great, so I could perhaps format the new laptop's drive, copy my old
drive to it completely then install win7 over the XP and it should all
still run. Just witha bigger drive and better laptop?
If you copy your old drive onto your new laptop before installing WIN7 you
will lose all your personal files!

Put your WIN 7 disc in your drive (after saving any files you wish to keep
into other media ie: DVD or memory stick) WIN 7 should ask if you want to
do a "Clean" Install ........ Pick that option ......... WIN 7 will then
download. When finished go to Microsoft Updates and obtain the various
updates required. Then pull off your required files and folders from the
media you saved them too! You can download WIN7 over XP as an upgrade, but
I am reading everywhere on help sites that this is not the Ideal way to do
it and that a CLEAN Install is preferable!

OK, cheers.