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2 Operating systems on one drive?
Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2010 7:32 pm
by Cheatmasterbw
Hi. I am wondering if there is a way to have 2 operating systems on one hard drive. I have a Windows 7 laptop, and an un-used windows vista laptop. i am wondering how to put both operating systems on a single hard drive manually. can anyone help me with this, of is it not worth it/a bad idea? Thanks!
Re: 2 Operating systems on one drive?
Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2010 7:37 pm
by Axel
it can be done perfectly
i am running on 1 hardrive now with windows vista and win7
just make 2 partitions(i had 2 partitions by default)
Re: 2 Operating systems on one drive?
Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2010 7:38 pm
by Cheatmasterbw
what do you mean by partitions?
Re: 2 Operating systems on one drive?
Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2010 7:40 pm
by Axel
Cheatmasterbw wrote:what do you mean by partitions?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disk_partitioning
Re: 2 Operating systems on one drive?
Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2010 8:33 pm
by zachman61
YourSocksRoxx wrote:Cheatmasterbw wrote:what do you mean by partitions?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disk_partitioning
this is also done by an xbox 360
partitions 1-3
Re: 2 Operating systems on one drive?
Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2010 2:22 am
by Usman55
When you try to format your computer with a windows disk, just go there and create a new partition. After you've done that, install the Windows disk on that partition. PM me for more details. I'm going school right now.
Re: 2 Operating systems on one drive?
Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2010 2:52 pm
by mandai
Partition resizing is also possible, though you should back up your data first.
Re: 2 Operating systems on one drive?
Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2010 3:22 pm
by Usman55
Thats right!