Dual Boot Computer Windows 10 And Windows XP

A ZT 7442Ti desktop computer is set up with a dual boot system of Windows 10 and Windows XP. All drivers are installed and working. The computer features an Intel Core i7 processor, 8 GB RAM, an ATI Radeon HD 5450 graphics card, and a 500 GB hard drive.

[@martinconnelly1473]

I use VMware player to use Windows XP on my Windows 10 laptop. There are a few things I use that I need XP for. There is a common folder that can be used to transfer files between the two systems. XP does not connect to the internet when I use it this way.

[@realFortyOne]

You said you "repaired" this system. How in the world are you okay with these speeds? Whatever HDD is in there is clearly failing. Critically.

[@pierangler]

It does seem to be running slow on the Windows 10 boot for a few minutes during startup. I’ll take a look at it and remove some of the tasks to improve the startup. An SSD may help too - the hard drive is a new Western Digital.

[@realFortyOne]

@@pierangler Even on extremely old hardware it should still be faster than that. Try the SSD and let us know what happens.

[@pierangler]

@@realFortyOne It is starting up very quickly now. I edited the processes that were in start up - there were quite a few that were unnecessary to be there for start up. I appreciate all of the ideas that some of you have suggested.

[@realFortyOne]

@@pierangler Excellent! I’m very happy!

[@fanlessfurmark]

Another way is to install all the windows versions you like to different partitions or drives, then install linux and let it create a configurable grub bootloader for all detectable operating systems. This way if any windows fail, you can always use linux to access the data :)

[@The_DreadStorm]

Only problem with that particular setup is that Win10 has a few updates that won't install unless Win10 handles all the boot management. I had to deal with that by using a hard drive rack to swap physical drives out, where one has all the Windowses (heh) handled by Win10, and the other has Linux.

[@fanlessfurmark]

@@The_DreadStorm I'm not really following? How does Win10 even know there is grub, why does it care, which updates, how do I reproduce this error and if reproducible will raise it as a bug against grub?

[@The_DreadStorm]

@@fanlessfurmark Not a clue. I haven't dissected it yet. But I've read in several "reputable" sources that there are a few updates that won't install on a multiboot system unless Windows 10 itself is handling the boot selection. Which is stupid on their part since it just reinforces the need to switch to a less restrictive OS. There's one that won't install unless the Win10 Recovery partition is a specific size. Go figure. (And I typically install my Win10 without all those half dozen partitions and force it into a single one!)

[@fanlessfurmark]

@@The_DreadStorm To fix small recovery partition bug, install win10, boot once, reboot into linux, resize recpart by 250mb more, boot into windows, no problem

[@martinsnow6641]

@@fanlessfurmark kb5034441 isn't the only update that fiddles with the bootloader. Microsoft has blown the boot partition with updates multiple times its really annoying.

[@vp5673]

This is neat! Do you think it would be worth it to migrate your data from the hard drive to an SSD? It feels a little slow. Definitely not the worst performance I've seen from a hard drive, though!

[@pierangler]

The SSD may speed up the computer. It does seem a bit slow - especially on starting up.

[@archangelmusic13]

@@pierangler isnt there a way to turn your windows 10 pc menu into the old xp menu without having to change the windows.i know there is a way, i saw someone do it years ago using some kind of program, but i forgot what it was called.

[@pierangler]

I have not tried this, but did find a software called “Classic Shell” that allows customization of the start menu to resemble XP. It can be used on Windows 7, 8, and 10. I see on their website that development ended in 2017.
Here’s a link to the website:
www.classicshell.net/
Some volunteers on GitHub are doing continued work on it here:
github.com/Open-Shell/Open-Shell-Menu
I’ll have to try this sometime.

[@archangelmusic13]

@@pierangler yes thats it! classic shell thats what you can use to change the menu to windows xp or windows 7, i prefer that menu, i hate the windows 10 and 11 menus, thankyou!

[@pierangler]

I may try Classic Shell and see how it works - maybe an upcoming video 😊

[@riskidxer]

For Windows XP can booted on last Intel Gen 3 Ivy Bridge

[@AnonymousNyanCat-qg6bb]

An MBR drive and CSM required.

[@0xO2]

W10 is unresponsive and slow cr*p...

[@himmelskibet]

So is 11 , I still main 7

[@Wiyt]

@@himmelskibeteven though it’s been unsupported for 4 years? XD

[@GTChristmas2222]

@@WiytI still use XP

[@samuelbennington6728]

why?

[@scamchan]

I currently Tri-boot windows 11 windows 10 windows 7 it all works great.

[@9852323]

The metro boot screen is cancer.

[@Wiyt]

Nobody cares about your opinion