Installing on different hard drive


  1. exseedman
    Posts : 8
    Win Xp Pro
       New #1

    Installing on different hard drive


    I have pre-purchased a Windows 7 professional upgrade and am trying to determine my install options when it is available.

    I am currently running Windows Xp pro and have a computer with 2 identical hard drives. I know I will have to do a clean install from Xp. I would like to install Windows 7 on the second hard drive and be able to use both Windows 7 and Xp until I am familiar enough with Windows 7 to confidently abandon Xp.

    I have a hard drive switch that I will use to boot to the OS that I want to use. I elected to do this instead of using dual boot. Currently that switch is not installed.

    I would like to install Windows 7 on the second hard drive, but am concerned that I will need to verify that I have an authentic copy of Xp for that to work.

    Will there be options during the install so that I can select the second drive as the place to install Windows 7 (and make it a bootable drive)? I would not like to get into a situation where I would be overwriting Windows Xp on the drive I currently boot from.
      My Computer
    Quote Quote

  3. TGSoldier
    Posts : 1,161
    Windows 8.1 PRO
       New #2

    In the setup, you'll be able to choose what drive you want to install Windows 7 on.

    Once it's a seperate drive from where XP is installed, you won't have to worry about overwriting XP.

    Hope this helps :)
      My Computer
    Quote Quote

  4. exseedman
    Posts : 8
    Win Xp Pro
    Thread Starter
       New #3

    Thanks


    Great! Anything I've read so far has been very vague on this.

    I'll do the install and then install my hard drive switch and I should be able to select the OS that I want to boot with.

    Appreciate the quick reply.
      My Computer
    Quote Quote

  6. TGSoldier
    Posts : 1,161
    Windows 8.1 PRO
       New #4

    Your welcome.

    Add to rep, thanks :)
      My Computer
    Quote Quote

 

  Related Discussions
Hey all, somehow my 1TB hard drive was wiped out and I've lost 930GB worth of files from the past 8 years. I don't have any backups (stupid me). My hard drive contains lots of family vacation photos and videos, old school projects I'll need in the future, and loads of other really important stuff....
Installing a Second Hard Drive
in Hardware & Devices

I have installed a few drives in my time. But something I do not understand has happened in drive manager in Win 7. Obviously I have to initialise a new drive before I can format and partition it, but when I go to initialise another box comes up and identifies the new drive and asks to I want to...
MY girlfriend broke the lcd screen and key board on a Compaq laptop that I bought her it had win 7 home premium. So I put her hard drive in my hp laptop that I am running vista on, I took out my hard drive installed hers and booted it up. It booted fine but I had to call microsoft and reregester...
Hi Everyone, I just bought a 1.5TB Seagate SATA HDD Which I will be using as a data drive. I have my Primary 320gig sata hd which i use for windows. Now when I go to install the 1.5tb Drive, it detects it on first boot in the bios. when it trys to boot, it hangs on a black screen and doesnt ...
Installing On Another Hard Drive?
in General Discussion

Alright, so after a few days of hardware checking I've determined that the cause of my computer being as messed up as it is is the hard drive. Seagate's own SeaTools says it failed the drive tests, and I'm gonna have to call them later and get an RMA on it. Well, how would I go about...
Our Sites
Site Links
About Us
Windows 7 Forums is an independent web site and has not been authorized, sponsored, or otherwise approved by Microsoft Corporation. "Windows 7" and related materials are trademarks of Microsoft Corp.

 © Designer Media Ltd
All times are GMT -5. The time now is 22:58.
Find Us