New
#11
Thanks... and would a simple 'copy & paste' approach suffice, for getting the 32-bit install of C-drive, onto D-drive, once I've used the 64-bit recovery DVD to set up that on the C-drive, or should I actually clone the drive and restore that cloned image to the D-drive (then install and run Easy BCD)?
hi !
i use a common program-partition for both W7 & Windows Server 2008:
active system=C, passive=D, program=E
this post might be helpful: A few tips about performance etc.
YOW!!! This is a lot of information, but it does not have anything to do with my original question.
Yeah... sorry about that, although, I think we are kinda talking about the same thing, just coming at it from different angles.
My suspicion is that I don't think you will be able to use the W7 recovery tool, as iirc... it doesn't allow you to select where to restore the image to, it simply looks for the drive and restores it to that drive. I think you will have to go the route I am having to go, and simply take a 'copy & paste' approach, and then use EasyBCD to provide the means to select which partiton you want to boot from.
I plan on using Acronis True Image Home to take an image of the 32-bit install on C, and then restore that to D after having done a factory reinstall of the 64-bit install to C... install Easy BCD and sort out the booting and then go about changing the settings so all common data is stored on E (as I'll be installing programs within each respective partition).
I guess I am a little chicken to give it a try right now, but the image restore is looking at the drive letter and with both (in my case all 3) operating systems booting to C:, I think that it could possibly work. May give it a try after taking a few pain pills.
Be brave...
If you have a spare drive... why not take an image of the whole drive before you start. At least that way, you can get back to where you are right now if it all goes south.
well, if you take a good look at my post: A few tips about performance etc.
then you will see that you can actually install programs for both O/S´s on the same program-partition, which means that you can have a "clean" system-partition.
that enhances performance as it reduces defragmentation on the system-partition, but it also means that it´s less GB´s if you want a backup of your system.
take a look...
I did see that recommendation... does that mean if I need to have MS Office usable in both OS's... I would need to install to two separate folders on E, or would they literally share the same (install) folder (once installed from each OS?