How should I set up a dual boot?

[HelplessNobb88]

Well, today, I found out the hard way that SPORE runs like horse stuff on 7 because it was made in 2008. My mom still has the install disk for XP lying around (she has an old Dell), I then thought that a dual boot would be a good idea, because many games I play are old.

What is a (preferably) easy way to set up a dual-boot?

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[SeventhSandwich]

A computer cannot be a 64 bit

[nienhaus1]

A computer cannot be a 64 bit

I found it funny when he said that.

[steve5451]

It runs like horse stuff because your computer is horse stuff.

[HelplessNobb88]

It runs like horse stuff because your computer is horse stuff.

8 GB of RAM, quad core i5 2.67, Radeon HD 5700 series.

[LeeroyBlockhead]

8 GB of RAM, quad core i5 2.67, Radeon HD 5700 series.

YOU'RE DEAD TO US.

[steve5451]

8 GB of RAM, quad core i5 2.67, Radeon HD 5700 series.

I can run Spore just fin on my computer running Windows 7.

YOU'RE DEAD TO US.

Why would that be?

[LeetZero]

I can run SPORE on my computer with W7, but if I patch it I can say bye-bye to it.

[HelplessNobb88]

 I'm having crash issues. I can't play civilization mode with out the loader freezing.

[tails]

For XP (if you was installing a newer one you could tell it to do it for you.. Well with ubuntu you can anyway.) you have to use a partition editor to cut a space in your main windows partition, Then on the installation of XP you select the new partition to install it on.

Windows 7 has a partition editor by default

[HelplessNobb88]

For XP you have to use a partition editor to cut a space in your main windows partition, Then on the installation of XP you select the new partition to install it on.

What is a good partition editor then?

[Ethan]

It shouldn't be doing this. Are your drivers up-to-date?

[Sheath]

I'm sorry but if you think that downgrading an OS is your answer to a noticeable gaming performance increase, you need to step back and avoid doing ANYTHING like partitioning your hard drive.

The very question "how should I set up a dual boot" is flawed. It isn't "how should I" but "how can I", there is only one way and it certainly isn't a good route to go down if all you want to do is have two Windows operating systems on one computer, its pointless.

I then thought that a dual boot would be a good idea, because many games I play are old.

I doubt this is a coincidence. Sounds to me like your computer can't run newer games.

[HelplessNobb88]

I'm sorry but if you think that downgrading an OS is your answer to a noticeable gaming performance increase, you need to step back and avoid doing ANYTHING like partitioning your hard drive.

The very question "how should I set up a dual boot" is flawed. It isn't "how should I" but "how can I", there is only one way and it certainly isn't a good route to go down if all you want to do is have two Windows operating systems on one computer, its pointless.

I doubt this is a coincidence. Sounds to me like your computer can't run newer games.

I would rage, but raging at this stupidity is like trying to put a fire out with gasoline.

[Ethan]

I doubt this is a coincidence. Sounds to me like your computer can't run newer games.

His specs should run this game easily. Unless theres some major problem, or he doesn't know how to update drivers.