Windows dual booting

Windows Dual Booting

Windows Vista

Windows 7

Multiboot

• When you install the new version of Windows, you can keep an older version of Windows on your computer. This is often called a multiboot or dual-boot configuration.

• Before you begin: Make sure that your hard disk has a separate partition for each operating system that you want to install, or that your computer has multiple hard disks.^

Steps to Dual Boot 7 in Vista

• Firstly, you need a Windows 7 installation disk. If you have no a disk, you can download Windows 7 and burn it to a DVD.

• Then you should create a new partition for Windows 7 installation and it must be more than 16GB. *

*See appendix to know how to create partition

Steps to Dual Boot 7 in Vista

• Put the Windows 7 Installation DVD in your optical drive,and reboot from DVD then installation start.

Steps to Dual Boot 7 in Vista

• Pay attention to select Custom instead of Upgrade to install Windows 7.

Steps to Dual Boot 7 in Vista

• After installing Windows 7 successfully , you will have a dual boot Windows 7 with your former operating system.

Appendix

• Tips Vista has a partition tool baked in , you can use it instead

of a software . • NTFS (New Technology File System) is the standard file

system of Windows NT, including its later versions Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, and Windows 7.[wikipedia]

• See system requirement for partitioning guide• ^Otherwise, you will either have to reformat and

repartition your hard disk or install the new operating system on a separate hard disk. Also, make sure that the partition or disk where you plan to install the new version of Windows is formatted with the NTFS file system.

To create and format a partition (volume)

1. When you create partitions on a basic disk using Disk Management, the first three volumes you create will be formatted as primary partitions. Beginning with the fourth volume, each volume will be configured as a logical drive within an extended partition.

2. Open Computer Management by clicking the Start button , clicking Control Panel, clicking System and Maintenance, clicking Administrative Tools, and then double-clicking Computer Management.  If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.

3. In the Navigation pane, under Storage, click Disk Management.4. Right-click an unallocated region on your hard disk, and then click New Simple

Volume.5. In the New Simple Volume Wizard, click Next.6. Type the size of the volume you want to create in megabytes (MB) or accept the

maximum default size, and then click Next.7. Accept the default drive letter or choose a different drive letter to identify the partition,

and then click Next.8. In the Format Partition dialog box, do one of the following:

1. If you don't want to format the volume right now, click Do not format this volume, and then click Next.

2. To format the volume with the default settings, click Next.9. Review your choices, and then click Finish.

Windows Vista system requirements

• 1 gigahertz (GHz) 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor • 1 gigabyte (GB) of system memory (512 megabytes

(MB) for Home Basic) • 40 GB hard drive with at least 15 GB of available space

(20 GB for Home Basic)

Minimum requirements: • 800 megahertz (MHz) processor and 512 MB of system

memory • 20 GB hard drive with at least 15 GB of available space

Windows 7 System Requirements

• 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor.

• 1 gigabyte (GB) RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit).

• 16 GB available hard disk space (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit).

References

• http://www.recipester.org/Recipe:Partition_Hard_Disk_23923096

• http://www.microsoft.com

• wikipedia

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