RIP: Microsoft finally pulls plug on last XP survivor... POSReady 2009 (Point-Of-Sale, not...)

All you gotta do is program XP first and leave a part of the hard drive unpartitioned.

I have a 1TB hard drive so I went 200/800. I programmed XP first and got it completed updated.

Then when I programmed in W7, I did a custom install, installed it on the unpartitioned part of the hard drive and got it completed updated.

Now when the computer boots up it'll ask you which segment of the hard drive you want to use, the "previous Windows" (or something like that) or Windows 7.

After that it's just a matter of booting into Windows 7, using BCDEDIT to edit change the "previous Windows" to "Windows XP Pro" and viola, you're all set.

How to Use the BCDEDIT Command Line Tool

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