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11-21-2009, 11:57 AM
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Vista to 7...
I just recently bought a new Notebook that came with Vista, but through the promotion, I have a Windows 7 upgrade coming in the mail. The hard drive came partitioned into 2 drives, a 149 GB and a 137 GB partition. My issue is that I'm concerned that some of my software won't work with 7 as it would with Vista, so my plan is to copy over my C drive in place of my D drive, keep Vista on that one, and upgrade my C drive with the Windows 7. Space isn't an issue since the drives internally are bare, I work out of a 500 GB external hard drive, makes gaming easier between my Notebook and my Desktop back home.
I'm not sure how or if I can copy over drives like that. My goal is to be able to boot out of either drive, so my question is is there to accomplish this easily and without having to spend a bunch on a partition copier?
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11-21-2009, 12:26 PM
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you cannot copy over an OS like Vista and expect it boot. It wouldnot work.
there are ways to do it as you wanted but it wouldnot be legal and some softwares wouldnot work afterwards, due to change from c: to d: . A better way would be: make your notebook dual-boot with windows Vista and Windows 7 Vista stays at C: and install Windows 7 on drive D:
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11-21-2009, 12:27 PM
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Well no doubt, but the issue is that they're sending me an upgrade disk, not an actual install disk
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11-21-2009, 04:29 PM
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Microsoft has stated that if it runs on Vista it will run on Win7.
Double check for your self here : http://www.microsoft.com/windows/com...s/default.aspx
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