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Pre-upgrade of Hardware & change to Win 7
I currently have a desktop running Win XP Pro 32bit. I am getting ready to do a full hardware upgrade and changeover to Win 7 Pro 64bit. I have been reading thru threads regarding install issues and dual boot issues. I am hoping for tips to make the process go fairly smooth.
Current setup: Intel mobo and cpu 4 gig ram 3 hdd as follows: C: drive is 160 gb WD with XP and installed programs; D: drive is 500 gb WD with data, pictures, some backups, etc. Third drive unlettered by Windows is 160 WD with Hackintosh setup to dual boot via F10 boot menu when desired (OSx Snow Leopard and I will probably need to redo after hardware change, not addressing here)
New setup will be Win 7 Pro 64bit on Samsung 128 gb SSD and then things get tricky. I want to keep XP as secondary OS and keepthe 500 gb drive for data etc. The new hardware is Asus P8Z77-V mobo i5-3570k unlocked, 16 gb Corsair Vengeance 1866 Mhz , Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO.
Since XP drive is currently listed as C: and I gather that during install the SSD where 7 would be installed would need to be C: instead.
What recommendations/suggestions/instructions do you have to smooth things along?
Thanks in advance for the help!