"Brian Jackson" wrote in message
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"Giga" "Giga" just(removetheseandaddmatthe wrote in
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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?