Hmmmm not sure if i should follow the screen shot and type in 1024 for the size of the new simple volume size? and should this be labeled as drive d: like it was the recovery drive or can i pick any letter? Volume label i could change to any name or should i leave it as volume label is there any suggest names?
No don't give it a size at all just accept all the free space; Did you do the second Windows 7 install yet?
no cause i am working on the partition step i have those questions i posted
i wasn't sure if i was suppose to do the partition first or the install first
here is the screen shot with the partition. When i do the second install will it prompt me to select a partition? if it does i'm suppose to select the data storage partition correct?
I ask because before i started the partition part, i was going to start the install using the upgrade feature and it didn't ask at the beginning where to install windows, i cancelled the install right away when i realized i didn't do the partition. did it not ask because i didn't create the partition therefore there was no other partition to choose from?
partition is done.
No you are to select the "Upgrade" option and it should auto-select that partition, if it does not select the same "Windows 7" partition you did the first install to; that's how you went bo-bo before, when you were trying to upgrade the Vista you selected to install to the wrong partition.
okay so now i have the partition done i can go ahead and do the install now button and click upgrade and put in the activtation code and go about it as normal correct? when i download programs in the future i should select the data storage location correct?
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