Dual boot? How?

Alright so right now i have Xp pro (32bit) and i want to get Win 7 Rc (64bit). I know how to download it, but what im wondering is... Is there a way to install it and have all my files transfered without having to use something like a external HD. Specifically, i mean, is there a way to install win7, run it and see my files there. I heard Dual Boot (not completely sure) would do the job. What are the adv's and Disadv's of that and how do i do it.

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If you dual boot, you'll have access to both XP and 7. When you start the computer up, you will be given a choice between which one you want to load.

But to dual boot, you need another partition to install Windows 7 onto. This can be another physical hard drive in your computer, or an area of a hard drive which is partitioned into its own space, and then use as though it were another drive.

If you have another physical hard drive or partition ready to go, it's just a matter of installing Windows 7 onto that drive or partition. It will set up the dual boot automatically. If you don't already have one, you need to set one up.

I roughly explained this in the threadhttp://uk.gamespot.com/pages/forums/show_msgs.php?topic_id=26893880&page=1&tag=topics;page;2

Alright thanks. And yeah i only have 1 HDD so im fine. Do you think another partition on my 320GB will do anything? I have about 220Gb Left.

I would make the new partition about 60gb from your main drive.

Go to disk management create another partition 40gb at least and burn windows 7 on disc then install, make sure to select the new volume you just made and install it there, no need to back up your stuff. You will have dual booting with Xp and 7.04dcarraher

50-60 gig should be plenty.

I chose to partition 100gb for Win 7, because I wanted to test games on it, and games are usually 6gb+ each.

Min spec.

You will need to be equipped with a PC containing a 1 GHzprocessorand 1GB of RAM, 128MB of DX9 supporting graphics and at least 16GB drive space for 32-bit, and 20gb space for 64-bit, but it doesn't really take up that much space.