Running dual Boot w/ Vista and Win 7, question on running programs


  1. bradjedis
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    Running dual Boot w/ Vista and Win 7, question on running programs


    Greetings,

    New to the forum! I recently installed Win 7 on a second Hard drive. Is it possible to run the programs I had installed on the Vista Hard drive? Both are HD's are still installed.


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    Brad
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  3. theog
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    You need to install the programs in both OS's, & a licence for each install.
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  4. bradjedis
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    Thanks, I was afraid of that.
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