"VanguardLH" wrote in message
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Patti Barden wrote:

I run Xp on my old computer. I am getting a new computer and I'm going to
install W7 on it. I have
been told you can run both XP and W7 on the same computer?

Any advice?
Thanks in advance. Patti

Google on "+windows +multiboot". One handy utility for multibooting is
the
GAG manager (http://gag.sourceforge.net/) which you can setup on a floppy
(as the boot device in BIOS) before committing it to the bootstrap area of
the MBR on the first detected hard disk. Since each OS is in its own
partition, you'll probably want to get a partition manager, like the free
one from Easeus.

You never bothered to mention WHICH edition of Windows 7 that you will
get.
When you only say "Windows 7", that refers to the entire family of
editions
available for that version. The Professional and Ultimate editions
include
a license to Windows XP that becomes available if you install XP Mode and
VirtualPC 2007 (and which has seamless mode so you aren't watching the
guest
OS running inside a virtual machine's window but instead the apps in the
XP
guest OS look like they're running inside your Windows 7 host OS.

Thanks Ken. I have ordered Windows 7 Home Edition to put on my new computer.
My plan was to use the Windows File and Transfer Wizard to copy my settings,
put them on my external drive and then pull them onto my new computer.
Then create a new partition on the new computer and install W7. Am I way
off?
I will check out the GAG manager.
Patti