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    HP Pavilion dv9750ep and Windows 7 in Dual Boot?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by joaopaz, Jan 22, 2009.

  1. joaopaz

    joaopaz Newbie

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    Greetings, first post here!
    (hope I'm posting it on the right place)

    I own a HP Pavilion Laptop.
    It says "HP Pavilion dv9000" on the screen frame,
    and says "HP Pavilion dv9700" and "dv9750ep" on the labels in the back. Guess it makes it a HP Pavilion dv9750ep? :)

    It has 2 Hard Disks, each of 150GB; I believe it's 2 physical disks and not just partitions as in the device manager shows 2 ...
    - WDC WD1600BEVS-60RST0
    - WDC WD1600BEVS-60RST0

    It came with Windows Vista Home Premium 32bit.


    My issue is:

    I'd like to try the beta of Windows 7, using the 2nd Hard Disk for that. I've been using it mainly for data backup, but as I have an external drive I guess I could make the 2nd dirsk free for trying Windows 7.

    My reason for wanting to try Windows 7 is Microsoft Flight Simulator X. Some of my buddies tried it in Windows 7 and are reporting a noticeable performance increase.

    When it comes to Laptops, and since this is my first one, I'm very reluctant to these moves - mainly because of the proprietary drivers... for instance, if I want to update my NVidia card drivers that must be made through HP and not through the regular channels - or so I think.

    Questions:

    Would it be possible to install Windows 7 on the 2nd Hard Disk and make it a Dual Boot system?

    Would I have problems with HP-specific drivers?

    Any other things I'm missing and that could get me in trouble? :D

    Sorry for the long post,
    and thanks in advance!

    Joao
     
    joaopaz, Jan 22, 2009
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  2. justinkw1

    justinkw1 Notebook Virtuoso

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    It is possible to install Windows 7 on your second hard disk and create a dual-boot configuration. That's what I'm currently doing with my dv6500t.

    Also, you shouldn't have problems with HP-specific drivers. The drivers that are compatible with Windows Vista are compatible with Windows 7. In fact, Windows Update actually offers all the drivers. Or, you can try to install the drivers that are located in the latest drivers thread that I created -- see my sig.
     
    justinkw1, Jan 23, 2009
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  3. joaopaz

    joaopaz Newbie

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    Thanks, Justin

    Very helpful reply and thread!

    (by the way, I'm also on Ubuntu 8.10 - just started with it on my desktop :))
     
    joaopaz, Jan 23, 2009
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