multi boot help pleaseeeeeee

[ilambat]

have windows xp 64bit currently running i wana do multi boot so i can xp64 or 32bit how do i do this...i have xp32bit cd but will not let me install what should i do people????????????

[Luke122]

Have you got a valid license for both copies of XP?

[ilambat]

yes boss i have valid license for both...i downloaded from my university site. they give this software out for free to students with license.

[Fuganater]

Install the oldest version first. Is this where you are getting the issue? Please expand your explanation of the issue.

[ilambat]

i have already windows xp64 on the system running...i would like to add windows 32bit onto the system now so i can have a multi boot screen letting me choose which system to run...

is there not another way? as i have loads of software and data on the current system already.

[slytherock]

2 different HDD or only one?

[SgtM]

Would you consider putting the 32bit in a VM environment?

[Fuganater]

i have already windows xp64 on the system running...i would like to add windows 32bit onto the system now so i can have a multi boot screen letting me choose which system to run...

is there not another way? as i have loads of software and data on the current system already.

Unless you've got 30GB free to install or w/e. You should do a dual boot from scratch, less problems in the long run. Do a backup and then restore from backup on your 64-bit version.

[ilambat]

i have got 2 x 500gb hard drives.. one hard drive has xp64 and the other just random movies...

i dont want to get rid of xp64 only as a last resort.

[SgtM]

I'm trying to dig through the cobwebs here. Obviously, you have a free partition, or are you going to put xp 32 on the second drive? Either way, you'll have to edit boot.ini, and here's an article from M$ on how to do exactly that..

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/289022

Of course, I recommend backing everything up first.