Messed up .. lol

[barney151]

Hi ppl,Pc now 2 years old ...all ok...got 2 hard drives 1 with xp,the 2nd with windows 7,was reinstalling windows 7 but i installed over
the xp drive,now i can't reinstall xp because windows won't let me (older operating system) any help plss.(no problem with system
i usually reinstall every 12-15 months for a total clean up.....messed up big time..omg [rollinglaugh]).. thnx in advance

 

[steaky360]

You might have to format the hard drive entirely to install xp on it again.

Any reason why you specifically want XP on one drive and 7 on another? I didn't think there were too many compatibility issues between the two OS's now?

 

[vanthus]

You need to install the older OS first,to do so you will first need to format the drive you have windows 7 installed on (As steaky said),you can do this with your windows 7 disc,various other methods shown here,
http://pcsupport.about.com/od/tipstricks/tp/format-c.htm
After doing this,Install XP on one drive. When finished, install Win7 on the other drive.