Dual operating systems on PC running Windows7

[racer20]

I have new PC which is running windows 7 home premium. Can I load XP pro to run as a dual O.S. with the windows 7?   Any help is appreciated ? 

 Thanks, racer20

[daverozelle]

I am curious about this as well. I know basically what I need to do, but am having some trouble.

I have created a new partition on the hard drive as space for the XP install.

Have my XP DVD handy, but when I boot to the CD and prepare for install, it gives me a BSOD after loading all the drivers.

I found that this is likely because of the pc having SATA drives and XP doesn't have drivers for that, so I went out into the torrent world and found some helpful programs to slipstream more drivers into the XP CD.

However, I either have found a bunch of drivers that aren't appropriate, don't work, or that really isn't my problem. I need help to make this happen as well. There are a few programs (mostly games) that just will NOT work in Windows 7.

[old_geekster · Accepted solution]

Racer, yes, you can do a dual-boot with Win7 and XP Pro.  However, it may be somewhat difficult to find drivers for your components.  I have run a dual-boot system for several years.  I have done it both ways; one hard drive, two partitions and two separate hard drives.  I recommend two hard drives.  This way you have an OS if one hard drive fails.

Here is a guide to help you.

[daverozelle]

That's the site that I have been using so far, but my trouble seems to be that I can not find adequate SATA drivers to get XP to start an install. I keep getting a blue screen STOP error.