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Creating dual boot on SSD, from 2 distinct OS system images
Hello All, I searched a bit for my scenario, but couldn't find any posts. So posting it here.
I have a
1) HP envy laptop with Windows 8.1 (SSD 750GB Evo). (I pulled out the 1TB HDD it came with and cloned to 750GB SSD. Everything runs fine).
2) I then pulled out the SSD and used the 1TB HDD and installed Windows 7 pro successfully (with all drivers and software required. Everything runs fine).
Now, depending on which OS i want, I am able to swap the drives and can use both SSD or HDD and use their respective OS's 8.1 or 7 PRO (using UEFI/secure boot/disabling it).
Now,I need the convenience of dual booting (so I dont need to swap drives every few weeks). I want to be able to dual boot from these two images. I am planning to create a partition on 750SSD and clone the Windows 7 pro from 1TB HDD. (Both OS's with files and softwares are less than 200GB). So space is not a constraint here.
But I want to know:
Can I copy a clone/image into Second parition (with all system and os partitions from original drives and create a dual boot scenario (while leaving the host 8.1 and its recovery partition in tact). Please note, I AM NOT LOOKING FOR NEW INSTALLATION FOR DUAL BOOT. I ALREADY HAVE 2 PERFECTLY WORKING IMAGES/PARTITIONS OF 8.1 and 7 PRO in separate disks. I JUST WANT TO COPY THE PARTITION(S) FROM ONE DISK TO ANOTHER AND BE ABLE TO DUAL BOOT. I am going to try this now . but please let me know if any of you have tried this before.
Thanks,