Dual Boot

[yus_29]

hey guys, i made my hardisk triple partition on my harddrive, on partition C i have vista 32 bit and i want to install windows 7 64 bit on partition D and i had backup all of my files on partition E, can i do that? bcoz i heard that windows 7 must be installed on unpartition harddrive, will it formats my entire drives if i installs it that way? i dont want to lose my backup file. i want to make a dual os on my pc. can i choose the os during boot like xp and vista i had before?a reply would be appreciated

 

[Boxa786]

Yes it will work fine. Dont know where you heard it needs the full hard drive, but its a load of bs.

Make sure your partition d is big enough though!

 

[yus_29]

is the method same as vista or xp? it will show the option to install to particular space? do u or anyone have a link or video that show how to install windows 7, bcoz i had an experience once with formatting, it was my first time on vista, the GUI does not same as xp and i was formatted my entire drive bcoz i did not see the option to choose the partition.

 

[Jonmor68]

Choose custom install and select the partition from the disk tools menu, no need to format, if partition requires formatting W7 will do it.
Just take time to read instructions when they are given and you'll be fine.

 

[yus_29]

Choose custom install and select the partition from the disk tools menu, no need to format, if partition requires formatting W7 will do it.
Just take time to read instructions when they are given and you'll be fine.

thanks, great instruction.

 

[Boxa786]

Sorry for the late reply, as Jonmor68 has stated, simply install to the partition from the menu when prompted.

In Win7 you actually get to see the drives/partitions as they are named in windows.

So, I recommend you name your partitions before installing win7.

I have all mine named, liked Backup, software, media, windows etc..

With WinXp, simply go to my computer, right click on your current C: drive and select rename. Change it to something like Windows Xp (Most obvious).

Same with Partitions D: - Windows 7
Partition E: - Backup or Data (or whatever else you want to call it)

When naming your drives, although you can have a long name I recommend you keep it short and simple.

Enjoy...