My E6410 is pre-installed with Windows 7 professional but my software required windows XP to run. The following steps were necessary for making it dual boot.
1. Resize original Windows 7 partition to 40G (a C: partition) and create a new ntfs primary partition (a D: partition) using Gparted
2. Install windows XP professional. You can get an old winXP pro CD you have, borrow it or download it.
3. With Windows XP installed on D: drive, download easyBCD AND dotnetfx 2.0 Install dotnetfx 2.0 first then easyBCD.
4. Run easy and Add New Entry, and select "Windows 7" as type and C:\ as drive. Finally click Add Entry.
5. In Bootloader setup choose "Install widows 7 bootloader on MBR" and click "write MBR".
6. Exit easyBCD and reboot in to windows 7.
7. copy the make and model of hardware (network card, video, wirteless, etc using device manager). Then download at least the wireless and network. As of Nov 26, 2010, the network card is Intel 82577LM Gigabit Network
