Hi
I have some old programs which run under XP in win 7. These programs have not been supported for years but I still need them.
I installed win 8.1 enterprise in a separate partition and dual booting works fine. However, as it does not access the win 7 data and programs I cannot test it properly.
I was wondering if I could install the win 7 image onto a separate partition and then install win 8 in that partition? This would save a lot of installation from discs and ensure I keep the win 7 intact for running old programs. I do not want to risk installing win 8 over my win 7 primary partition and then find problems.
I have searched everywhere for an answer and seen some half answers making me think there must be a way.
Does anyone have any ideas or solutions please?
I have some old programs which run under XP in win 7. These programs have not been supported for years but I still need them.
I installed win 8.1 enterprise in a separate partition and dual booting works fine. However, as it does not access the win 7 data and programs I cannot test it properly.
I was wondering if I could install the win 7 image onto a separate partition and then install win 8 in that partition? This would save a lot of installation from discs and ensure I keep the win 7 intact for running old programs. I do not want to risk installing win 8 over my win 7 primary partition and then find problems.
I have searched everywhere for an answer and seen some half answers making me think there must be a way.
Does anyone have any ideas or solutions please?