Hi
I have a computer with two hard drives in it. I have Windows 8 Release Preview installed on the first Hard Drive and I wanted to install XP on the second Hard Drive to be able to play older games that Windows 8 has issues with.
My first attempt didn't work. I installed Windows 8 on the first Hard Drive then tried to install XP on the second hard drive, it formatted it, copied the basic files then started the windows setup and crashed on the device installation section. I rebooted the computer and it only restarted in XP, came to the same point and crashed again with a blue screen with 'IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL' message. When I rebooted with and tried to boot into Windows 8 with the system boot menu, it crashed.
I have tried google info, but most people suggest disconnecting a drive, setting up a OS and then doing it for the next OS on the next drive. Others suggest partitioning one drive.
I would like to have Windows 8 on one drive and XP on the other with a boot menu at the start like my son has with his Windows 8 and Windows 7 Dual boot.
I hope someone can help.
Regards
John
I have a computer with two hard drives in it. I have Windows 8 Release Preview installed on the first Hard Drive and I wanted to install XP on the second Hard Drive to be able to play older games that Windows 8 has issues with.
My first attempt didn't work. I installed Windows 8 on the first Hard Drive then tried to install XP on the second hard drive, it formatted it, copied the basic files then started the windows setup and crashed on the device installation section. I rebooted the computer and it only restarted in XP, came to the same point and crashed again with a blue screen with 'IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL' message. When I rebooted with and tried to boot into Windows 8 with the system boot menu, it crashed.
I have tried google info, but most people suggest disconnecting a drive, setting up a OS and then doing it for the next OS on the next drive. Others suggest partitioning one drive.
I would like to have Windows 8 on one drive and XP on the other with a boot menu at the start like my son has with his Windows 8 and Windows 7 Dual boot.
I hope someone can help.
Regards
John
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8 Release Preview
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Asus
- CPU
- AMD AM3+ x4 FX-4100
- Motherboard
- Asus M5A78L-M-LX-PLUS 3.6Ghz
- Memory
- 2Gb DDR3
- Graphics Card(s)
- GForce