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Running software from Vista partition in 7?

Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by mew1838, Jul 8, 2009.

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If I install 7 on a new partition, can I run games using my vista partition without taking a performance hit? So I will have 2 partitions: one vista and one 7. This way, I can just delete the 7 partition and be back to my usual single vista partition in jiffy. It works?

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I would only need to install drivers in the 7 partition right? and deleting Win 7 is as easy as this http://maketecheasier.com/how-to-uninstall-windows-7-and-return-the-partition-to-vista/2009/02/04 but can I use vista to delete the partition after I use easyBCD?

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mew1838 said: ↑

If I install 7 on a new partition, can I run games using my vista partition without taking a performance hit? So I will have 2 partitions: one vista and one 7. This way, I can just delete the 7 partition and be back to my usual single vista partition in jiffy. It works?

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It depends very much on the games since it is not just a simple thing as calling the "exe". And installing just the drivers will not always work, since there will be registry entries involved.

cheers ...

qhn, Jul 9, 2009

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