Windows 10: Dual boot acrossed two verison of already installed versions of windows

I'm currently running Windows 10 on my PC off an internal HDD. I also have a puny 80GB internal drive with windows XP that's already properly running on said drive. Though it has not been installed into the PC, it's just sitting on my desk.


I would like to be able to boot into XP straight from windows 10, but if i can only get into XP from boot, that's fine.

is this at all possible? i've seen similar questions asked and answered, but i haven't seen anyone with my exact problem.


for some more info: the XP drive was just ripped from an old PC i had lying around for a long time. My PC is plenty capable of handing both systems. I'm only 99% sure the uninstalled drive is running XP, but definitely between 2005-1992. And I'm not terribly tech-savvy on windows, but I'm a power user on MAC, for reference.

:)

 

windows xp installation and dual core am

could someone please list the steps they follow to install windows with a dual core processor and windows xp service pack to. I'm reletively new to amd dual core and i feel i'm missing a step. All help will be appreciated. thanx

 

dual boot windows xp with uefi windows 10

Hi,

It definitely is possible to do a dual boot of Windows 10 with a older version of Windows. There are several steps involved to successfully achieve your objective. For us to resolve your concern, we suggest you follow the step by step process provided by
Andre Da Costa in the article:
How to dual boot Windows 10 and older versions of Windows.

This covers installing different versions of Windows alongside Windows 10 in a dual boot environment. Take note though to backup any important files that you have before proceeding with any of the steps to prevent any data loss.

We look forward to your response once you complete the steps.

 

Dual Booting with Windows 8.1


The procedure below will allow you to boot Windows separately or in dual boot configuration.
Here's what I recommend to do:

1. Disconnect the drive containing Windows 8.1
2. Install Windows 10 with one drive connected.
3. After step 2, reconnect the drive containing Windows 8.1
4. Boot up Windows 8.1. Open disk management and take a note of the drive letter of Windows 10 OS.
   NOTE: if you boot up Windows 10, then take a note of Windows 8.1 drive letter
5. Open Admin command prompt and type: bcdboot X:\windows where X: is the drive letter of Windows 10 (Windows 8.1 if you boot from Windows 10 in step 4)
6. Reboot the PC. You should have a dual boot screen.

NOTE: To break off the dual boot setting, Win+R->msconfig->boot and delete the none default entry on the list.