How do i install Win 7 on my HP V 6560?

[mihirkula]

Hi Zoron and Retiredcheif ... at the moment i just have one measly 120GB drive on my desktop ... i have XP on my C Drive.. i am planning to put up Win 7 on my D rive (40GB partition).

Is it really unsafe to have both Os on one drive...will it really "hose the files system entirely"?

I was going ahead with putting up Win 7 on the same XP HD but now im scared after reading your comment. Pls help! Should I go ahead with the same HD or buy a new one for Win 7??

 

[RetiredChief]

Mihirkula
A good percentage of individuals dual boot using a single drive. What the probabilities of corrupting your HDD are is any ones guess. As long as you are prepared it should be no biggie - Able to reload operating system, have all your program disk and keep a current back-up of your files. There is a higher chance of lose when both op systems are on the same drive. Funny I say this as I have XP on a pair of raid 0 drives and Vista on a 2nd pair of raid0 drives. Raid0 (?? increased performance??) but also increases the possibility of loosing everything as opposed to single drive.

In your case dual boot from single HHD is your only option, unless your Laptop supports two HHD.

PS you can pick up a 2nd HDD for approx $40 and just swap HHD. This is what I do, have one HHD with XP, one with Vista, an know one with Win 7 and I just plop in the Drive I want to use. My laptop has the place for a 2nd HDD, but chincy Tosibia left the connector off (the solder points are there)