Does Windows 7 need ntldr, ntdetect.com files?

Does Windows 7 need ntldr, ntdetect.com files?

On Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:38:43 -0800, Peter <>
wrote:

>Does Windows 7 need ntldr, ntdetect.com files?

I want to dual boot Windows 7 with Windows xp.

Peter wrote:
> Does Windows 7 need ntldr, ntdetect.com files?
>


No. WinXP was the last Microsoft workstation OS to use those files.


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Peter wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:38:43 -0800, Peter <>
> wrote:
>
>> Does Windows 7 need ntldr, ntdetect.com files?
>
> I want to dual boot Windows 7 with Windows xp.
>
>
>


Then simply install WinXP first, followed by Win7. Win7 will
automatically create the necessary dual-boot scenario to accommodate
WinXP's needs.


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safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin

Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell

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killed a great many philosophers.
~ Denis Diderot

'Dual Boot Installation with Windows 7 and XP
(http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials...-xp.html?ltr=D

Hope it help

SIW

Peter;1217360 Wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:38:43 -0800, Peter <peter@newsgroup
> wrote
> > > >
> > >Does Windows 7 need ntldr, ntdetect.com files? > > I want to dual boot Windows 7 with Windows xp

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On Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:02:26 -0700, Bruce Chambers
<3t> wrote:

Do Windows 2000 or the newer Windows Server need ntldr, ntdetect.com
files?

>Peter wrote:
>> Does Windows 7 need ntldr, ntdetect.com files?
>>
>
>
> No. WinXP was the last Microsoft workstation OS to use those files.

Peter wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:02:26 -0700, Bruce Chambers
> <3t> wrote:
>
> Do Windows 2000 or the newer Windows Server need ntldr, ntdetect.com
> files?

Windows 2000 and Server 2003 needs them, Server 2008 doesn't.

John