Question dual boot win7 32bit and win xp 64 bit sp3 iso. help

meganrussel

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my rig is asus p5ql pro,gt 730 nvidea.. 160gb harddrive having win7 32 bit, additionally bought another 160gb refurbished.. was using for just backup and silly stuffs..lately developed interest to dual boot ,i want to put up a win xp 64bit (sp3 iso) dual boot along with win 7 32 bit i have. did a bootable dvd,i chose a partition from second non os hardrive which i created from remaining space for 7gb and it loaded formatted well and copied and the problem started after restart. got a message -- operating system not found.. then corrected it to some extent ,then bcd boot 000f error came along..rectified it too.. now i am back to win7 32 bit... that was a hell of journey ! now i have win xp files in 7gb partitioned drive .. little idea would be helpful to achieve what i need here...thanks