How to Install Windows 7 on the Same Hard Drive As Windows Vista
Buy or Download Windows 7; , Within Windows Vista follow these commands., Its now time to partition your hard drive., Click on Shrink Volume from the drop down menu (Shrink volume determines the maximum disk space that is allowed for partitioning)...
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Buy or Download Windows 7;
Start, Control Panel, Administrative Tools, Computer Management, Storage then Disk Management. , To do so, right click on your current hard drive where Vista is installed (for most people it should be the "C" Drive). , Note (you need at least 16 GB of Hard drive space to install Windows 7). , You should now see this new partition in your Computer management screen.
The new partition should be named Unallocated and display the number of GB. , You are now ready to format your new partition. , Choose NTSF as the file system, leave Allocation Unit Size to Default and Name your new Drive.
Click Next.
Vista will now format your new Partition, this may take some time.
Once the formatting is done, you are now ready to install Windows
7. ,,, Now sit back and wait while your new Windows 7 installs, your computer may restart a few times during installation (this is normal).
Congratulations you have now have 2 operating systems and you can now choose which one you want to boot when your computer starts up. -
Step 2: Within Windows Vista follow these commands.
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Step 3: Its now time to partition your hard drive.
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Step 4: Click on Shrink Volume from the drop down menu (Shrink volume determines the maximum disk space that is allowed for partitioning) this may take a minute or 2.
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Step 5: Click Shrink
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Step 6: this will now create your new partition on your existing hard drive without erasing any data.
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Step 7: right click on your new partition and choose New Simple Volume.
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Step 8: On this screen choose Format This New Volume with the following settings.
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Step 9: Before you install windows 7 you must go into your BIOS and enable Booting from your DVD drive (most computers have enabled this as a default).
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Step 10: Insert your New Windows CD and restart your computer.
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Step 11: When your Windows 7 DVD boots up
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Step 12: just follow the simple instructions for installing Windows 7 (when choosing installation type
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Step 13: make sure you click Custom Advanced and choose the new partition that you created earlier).
Detailed Guide
Start, Control Panel, Administrative Tools, Computer Management, Storage then Disk Management. , To do so, right click on your current hard drive where Vista is installed (for most people it should be the "C" Drive). , Note (you need at least 16 GB of Hard drive space to install Windows 7). , You should now see this new partition in your Computer management screen.
The new partition should be named Unallocated and display the number of GB. , You are now ready to format your new partition. , Choose NTSF as the file system, leave Allocation Unit Size to Default and Name your new Drive.
Click Next.
Vista will now format your new Partition, this may take some time.
Once the formatting is done, you are now ready to install Windows
7. ,,, Now sit back and wait while your new Windows 7 installs, your computer may restart a few times during installation (this is normal).
Congratulations you have now have 2 operating systems and you can now choose which one you want to boot when your computer starts up.
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