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    Dual Booting Windows 7 and Vista

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by Metallic, Jan 11, 2009.

  1. Metallic

    Metallic Notebook Evangelist

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    UPDATE

    Life hacker has made a great guide on how to dual boot Windows 7 with either XP or Vista

    http://lifehacker.com/5126781/how-to-dual-boot-windows-7-with-xp-or-vista


    Hey guys, I will be getting a G50Vt-X1 (1 hard drive 320gb) and I would like to dual boot Windows 7 with Vista.

    Now I would have just completely erased Vista, but Windows 7 Beta will expire on August 2009, so I want an OS to fall back to.

    Can anyone please help me out here, I am very new to dual boot and what not.

    I saw the post explaining Dual Booting Xp and Vista, but I'm not sure this is the same.

    Thanks
     
    Metallic, Jan 11, 2009
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  2. Citizen86

    Citizen86 Notebook User Guy

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    Click the Start button, go to Computer and right-click, and click Manage. Then go to the disk options and reduce the disk to make a 2nd partition. Install Windows 7 on there and you should have a dual-boot.
     
    Citizen86, Jan 11, 2009
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  3. Metallic

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    Thanks Alot, really appreciated!
     
    Metallic, Jan 11, 2009
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    Shrinking an OS' partition can actually totally mess your install. If the shrink happens to be making some differences in the boot sector, you're screwed. Chances are he won't be able to boot back into his Vista.
     
    JCMS, Jan 11, 2009
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  5. David

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    Make sure you keep your recovery partition and/or recovery disks. That way you can always fall back on Vista.
     
    David, Jan 11, 2009
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    well if it came already partitioned into a Vista, C:, and Data, D:, then shrink the D: partition by however much space you want to give to Windows 7, it needs at least 16GB.
     
    chipmoney, Jan 11, 2009
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  7. Metallic

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    Ok, so what if I keep the recovery partition, and make the other partition just for windows 7 and when the expiry date comes, I would be able to recover back to vista.

    I can do that?
     
    Metallic, Jan 11, 2009
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    yah. Once the beta expires you could expand the Vista or data partition to take that space back.
     
    chipmoney, Jan 11, 2009
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  9. Citizen86

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    Could be, although I've done it a couple times and never had a problem. I can see how it might be a little risky though.
     
    Citizen86, Jan 13, 2009
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