May I suggest a third partition?
Put all your data, photos, documents, videos, whatever into a new partition where you store work items only. that way you have one centralized copy and changes made in one OS will appear in the other.
For some programs you may copy-paste them if they're portable, otherwise a full reinstall of them is better. For drivers, the only safe option is a normal install.
This is absolutely the best and easiest solution to OP's question. Rep to Alejandro.
On a dualboot system it's just unnecessary usage of storage space to have personal files stored in two places. All my dual and triple boot systems are set up as Alejandro described. Own partitions for each operating system, in OP's case windows 7 & 8, then a data partition where all photos, videos, documents and so on are stored. Both operating systems can access this storage drive.
I am sorry if you think I use too strong language but using Easy Transfer on a dual boot system to create duplicate copies of each of your personal files and documents would be plain stupid and completely unnecessary.
Hi NBAPwns13
If you do a windows easy transfer it will transfer all of your documents and videos, it however will not transfer programs, you will need to install them yourself.
-Iroro
True, but unnecessary as mentioned above.
Oh so you can't like transfer Skype and such? How about drivers and stuff for your computer? Like audio headsets drivers etc..
Drivers will be transferred, just not User Interface Programs.
Not true.
Easy transfer transfers your personal documents, files and folders. It does
not transfer device drivers, nor does it transfer installed programs.
OP needs to install all programs separately on both operating systems. Skype, Office, Photoshop, whatever. Also the
device drivers must and need to be separately installed on both operating systems, they are absolutely not transferred with Easy Transfer.
No need for windows easy transfer, you can just copy & paste data from the Windows 7 partition to the Windows 8 partition.
If he\she is running two physical machines he\she will be unable to complete your suggestion, even if the user is running the one physical machine it makes for a messy drawn out job.
What a strange and inaccurate statement!
If OP had Seven and Eight on separate computers, copy & paste using an external HDD, USB stick or over the network would be a good solution. If you ask experienced geeks, half of them prefer this to Easy Transfer for Easy Transfer might not always work as intended, although I have to say I have never had any problems transferring user data with it.
In a single PC dual boot system copy & paste would be easiest and fastes way to transfer the user data, but as mentioned above it would be completely unnecessary waste of storage space.
Kari
