
Dual Booting help
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ajrichwalder
, Mar 23 2009 02:58 PM
#1
Posted 23 March 2009 - 02:58 PM

#2
Posted 23 March 2009 - 04:15 PM

Buy a second hard drive, put it in, set Windows 7 up on that drive.
Then you can use the computer's "boot device priority" (the boot menu - typically F11 or Esc) to pick a drive to boot so you can go into Windows 7 whenever you fancy.
Then you can use the computer's "boot device priority" (the boot menu - typically F11 or Esc) to pick a drive to boot so you can go into Windows 7 whenever you fancy.
#3
Posted 23 March 2009 - 06:55 PM

Only if I knew that faster..........MY brother hes even more of a computer jock then I am so the moment he seen that I could install it he clicked it so here I am using windows 7
#4
Posted 24 March 2009 - 09:54 PM

Get Partition Magic 8.0 or perhaps better: Get Partition Manager by Paragon.
I have been running Win 7 Beta as the foruth OS on my system using Boot Magic, an accessary which comes with Partition Magic 8.0 and I hope with Partition Manager, which I intend to buy.
Note: Partition Magic does not seem to be able to resize or move the Win 7 partition. I think this is due to something done during the install of Win 7 Beta.
I used Partiton Magic to create a new partition for Win 7 Beta and had no trouble installing in that partition. It is probably the safest way to go. Boot Magic displays a menu, allowing you to pick the OS when you boot. If you do not make a choice in 30 (adjustable) seconds, lt boots the default OS.
Boot Magic is a great gadjet, which I have been using for years. The PM 8.0 version of Boot Magic will not run in an NTFS partition, but I am hoping that some similar accessary with Partition Manager 9.0 will allow this. One OS on my system is Windows 98 SE, which is where I installed Boot Magic. I think it installs like a DOS applicaiton and can be put into a small FAT Partition which does not have an OS. PM will make FAT partitions.
I have been running Win 7 Beta as the foruth OS on my system using Boot Magic, an accessary which comes with Partition Magic 8.0 and I hope with Partition Manager, which I intend to buy.
Note: Partition Magic does not seem to be able to resize or move the Win 7 partition. I think this is due to something done during the install of Win 7 Beta.
I used Partiton Magic to create a new partition for Win 7 Beta and had no trouble installing in that partition. It is probably the safest way to go. Boot Magic displays a menu, allowing you to pick the OS when you boot. If you do not make a choice in 30 (adjustable) seconds, lt boots the default OS.
Boot Magic is a great gadjet, which I have been using for years. The PM 8.0 version of Boot Magic will not run in an NTFS partition, but I am hoping that some similar accessary with Partition Manager 9.0 will allow this. One OS on my system is Windows 98 SE, which is where I installed Boot Magic. I think it installs like a DOS applicaiton and can be put into a small FAT Partition which does not have an OS. PM will make FAT partitions.
#5
Posted 25 March 2009 - 11:17 AM

well is it to late to do that like installing a earlier version of windows through partitions in 7.........I understand the concept and everything but I'm iffy with this because they will most likely run terribly because the memory has to spared amongst the OS's
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