Help me, I wanna install Windows 7 dual boot with Vista.


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So my computer already has vista premium, and i know that Vista has a tool to do HD Partitions.. so

I want to have 3 partitions

1) Original Vista

2) Windows 7

3) Programs, Music, Images bla bla

-So if i install Windows 7 in the partition 2 will i get the dual boot automaticly? or i have to do something to get the dual boot screen?

- So in the third partition i want to have media, can i access to this partition from windows 7?

can i use the files that are stored there with vista and 7?

- how much space should i give to each partition to get a nice performance? i have a 160 HD

- Two OS doesnt make run slow to each other?

- Sorry for my english =)

Thank you !!

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Yes, you will get dual boot automatically if I didn't misunderstand you. Everything is the same with 98-2000, 98-XP...dual boot, no slow to each other.

As to the space, I think two 30GB will be enough for both OS if you install all the programs in the third partition. If you have plenty of data on thrid partition, then give OSs each 25GB, or even less.

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thank you man

could someone give me more help?

specially on this:

- So in the third partition i want to have media, can i access to this partition from windows 7?

can i use the files that are stored there with vista and 7?

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Yeah you can access it from any OS. You can use libraries on Windows 7 to locate your media and be able to play your media from Windows 7 without actually transferring any of the media to your Windows 7 partition. :)

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Use the Disk Management utility to shrink the existing Vista partition, then create two new partitions and format NTFS - this is the only place you can get a full format as the Win7/Vista installer only have quick format now. Install Win7 to second parition, it will mark itself primary and default boot partition. To change this use Advanced tools>StartUp Options and select Vista from drop down menu to change it to default. You can change boot timeout in same place to say how long you want it to pause on the boot menu screen to select another partition, or it will just start up to default partition if you don't select anything, in which case you can set default boot up time to 0 seconds and not have to see the boot up menu.

If you need to change the names of the listings or other defaults or timeouts, troubleshoot boot up, or need to delete a listing from the boot menu after you have deleted its volume and it still remains on the menu, use Easy BCD or Vista Boot Pro. The other place to resolve remaining boot-up issues is the Boot tab on msconfig.

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So my computer already has vista premium, and i know that Vista has a tool to do HD Partitions.. so

I want to have 3 partitions

1) Original Vista

2) Windows 7

3) Programs, Music, Images bla bla

-So if i install Windows 7 in the partition 2 will i get the dual boot automaticly?

Yes.

- So in the third partition i want to have media, can i access to this partition from windows 7?

can i use the files that are stored there with vista and 7?

Yes, but you'll need to install programs separately for Vista and Win7. You can't use one installation of a program for both OS.

- how much space should i give to each partition to get a nice performance? i have a 160 HD

If you want to have programs on a separate partition, you'll need to have four partitions, e.g. like this with evenly distributed space:

1. Vista (20GB)

2. Win7 (20GB)

3. Vista Programs (60GB)

4. Win7 Programs (60GB)

Otherwise, you could do it like this:

1. Vista+Programs (60GB)

2. Win7+Programs (60GB)

3. Other stuff (40GB)

- Two OS doesnt make run slow to each other?

No.

- Sorry for my english =)

No need to apologise, your English is still much better than that of many native Americans :laugh:

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No need to apologise, your English is still much better than that of many native Americans :laugh:

you mean the Indians right? ;)

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Yes.

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No need to apologise, your English is still much better than that of many native Americans :laugh:

you mean the Indians right? ;)

yeah thats what I was thinking -- uhhh... they arent exactly the pinnacle of western civ grammar... :blink:

but unfortunately Ba'al is right -- there are people who lived here their entire life and couldnt speak a coherent sentence if you put a gun to their head.

and I know I dont have to mention [who] most of those people are

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If you choose only to create 20 or 30 gig partitions for the os's I would suggest to you to change the directory of the program files so you don't have to change the directory for every program you install, because otherwise your partition is quite full in a short wile. A "guide" for that can be found here: http://www.techimo.com/forum/applications-...-directory.html be sure to copy the stuff that is already in the program files to the new folder aswell otherwise your IE and wmp might not work anymore.

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