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Windows 7 on Windows XP

Feb 19, 2013 4:42PM PST

How I can install windows 7 on Windows XP on the same HD partition .

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Feb 24, 2013 1:48AM PST

Others seem to be saying no, but you can get two Operating systems on a device without partition. You can use a virtual machine called VirtualBox. It's free and easy to use. If you don't know about it, I wrote an article on it before on: http://www.appsum.info/virtualbox.html
You can download it directly from there as well
Hope this helps

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Windows 7 on Windows XP
Feb 24, 2013 5:47PM PST

Thanks for R. Proffitt and Coryphaeus for your concern and reply.
And special THANKS to anatusant for your useful reply .

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You need to think about this.
Feb 25, 2013 12:47AM PST

I'm aware and use VirtualBox but that's a virtual partition so it fails the original spec above. Maybe they should have not limited the answer?
Bob

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Sorry, it's a virtual drive or virtual storage.
Feb 25, 2013 12:48AM PST
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(NT) No.
Feb 19, 2013 11:51PM PST
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Like R said . . .
Feb 20, 2013 12:02AM PST

you can't. One OS per partition. No way around it.