Dual Booting Windows 7 and XP

Tips for Installing Windows 7 in a Dual Boot with XP:

Before you Install for a Dual Boot, Backup your XP boot drive just to be safe.  I used Acronis True Image and Created a Recovery Boot CD.

The XP installation is on my C: drive.  I already had a 2nd partition on my drive where I will install Windows 7.  In “My Computer” I labeled the 2nd partition “Win7″.  If you have a 2nd Drive that will also work or you can use partitioning software like Partition Magic to resize a large drive to have 2 smaller partitions.  Make sure the partition is formated as NTFS.  After cleaning off my 2nd partition I make sure the XP install is not using the 2nd partition for Virtual Memory. — Dual Boot Windows 7