How to Have Windows 7 and Vista in your PC- Dual Boot

Windows 7 is much better than Windows Vista with slightly quicker speed and lesser memory consumption. But they are still some that are unwilling to give up their current OS until they are comfortable with the new Window 7. Dual boot is one of the options they able to make use of.

Dual boot makes it possible to keep your current OS and giving themselves a chance to play with Windows 7 features.

It is not really that hard to make dual boot for both operating system Windows 7 and Vista as it requires only few steps to make it happen.

Step 1: Add Partition To Your Hard Disk

First you may need to make a new partition on your hard disk for Window 7. If you know how to do this just skip to Step 2.

• Right click my computer and select Manage.

• Double click Storage and select Disk Management.

• Right click on Logical Disk Drive and choose Shrink Volume.

• Specify the a New Size for your partition from the chosen drive.
• Right click the Free Space made from the previous step and choose New Simple Volume.

• Click Next when a pop up will shows up. Specify the Space Size of the New Partition.
• Assign Drive Letter for your new partition.

• By default, you will be questioned to format the new partition. Just click Next and click End.

Step 2: Windows 7 Installation

Now start installing Windows 7. After successfully copying files, it will reboot your computer.

A simple installation wizard will come up after boots up. When you are choosing installation type, make sure to select custom or advanced to select installation in the newly made partition.

Windows will take care of the rest of installation process and eventually you’ll be prompted to set up your account and enter the license key.

If everything goes as plotted you will be brought into Windows 7.

On your next time when you start up, you will see a new entry in boot screen. You will be given 30 seconds to choose which operating system you want to use. If you don’t choose after 30 seconds it will automatically choose Windows 7 as the default OS.

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