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    boot from vhd,help required

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by dr.pratik, Oct 7, 2009.

  1. dr.pratik

    dr.pratik Notebook Evangelist

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    hello everybody,

    today i installed a 500 gb drive in my vaio fz machine.i was having 200 gb drive.on which i was running windows 7 release candidate till now.today i upgraded to windows 7 RTM version.i converted the old drive in external drive.

    issue being.

    1)can i boot into the USB drive having my old windows 7 rc operating system??

    i have usb drive boot enabled in my vaio bios.

    2)another idea i got is ,convert the current partition in VHD and use it in windows 7.can i use boot from VHD option?

    pls guide me.

    another thing which i can think of is using vmware virtualisation?

    is it going to work?

    i just need this partition working to remove my passwords stored in UPEK fingerprint reader software.

    thanking you in advance.

    regards,
    Dr.Pratik
     
    dr.pratik, Oct 7, 2009
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    thanks a lot.i am reading that article. thanks again.i will keep you updated.
     
    dr.pratik, Oct 8, 2009
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