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How to Windows 7 Partition restore to a Preinstalled Windows 8
Hi guys
This is my first post. I have been googling for help and also attempted to search for relevant topics in the seven and eight forums but in vain.
This is what happened.
My laptop came with Windows 7 Pro 64-bit pre-installed with Windows 8 Pro 64-bit recovery discs. I shrank my windows 7 partition from 120 GB to 80 GB and did a clone to another hard disk. Then I use the Windows 8 Pro 64-bit disc to do a factory upgrade. Now I am running Windows 8 Pro and I shrunk the partition to 80 GB.
I have 140 GB partition remaining unformatted.
My question is, I want to restore the previously cloned Windows 7 Pro Partition to the unformatted partition in order to Dual Boot.
The problem is, the current disk is formatted as Windows 8 as GPT type and my Windows 7 Cloned partition (in external hard disk) is in MBR type. How can I achieve the dual boot options so that I can choose Windows 8 and Windows 7 during boot up?