Ordered new laptop with Win 8 but plan to install Win 7 - partitions?

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    Ordered new laptop with Win 8 but plan to install Win 7 - partitions?


    I've ordered myself a new Acer laptop which will come with Windows 8 64 already installed, however, I also ordered Windows 7 to install as I really don't want to be using Windows 8. My original intention was to format the drive and install Windows 7 instead, but come to think of it, I'd quite like to have both operating systems on the hard drive.

    Can I partition the hard drive to allow for the 750GB HDD to be split up into another partition for Windows 8 and if so, how simple should it be? Also, what complications may there be, if any if both Win 7 and Win 8 are installed?

    Cheers :)

    Edit: 17/01/2013 - after a long time of trying to find a solution to dual booting, I have not found a working solution, but I hope others do.

    Acer Aspire V3-571G

    Specs of laptop:

    Intel Core i5 3210m
    8GB DDR3-1600
    GT 630M 1GB
    750GB WD Scorpio Blue SATA II

    BIOS version was v2.02 when I got it - yesterday updated it to v2.11
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    Have looked into Windows Classic Shell? I've been using it on Windows 7 Pro for a couple of years. Very stable, very good. I just put it on two new Windows 8 laptops that I bought for my daughters.
    Welcome to Classic Shell
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    If its a Win8 PC it likely has Secure Boot which needs to be turned off to install Win7: Downgrade Windows 8 to Windows 7.

    Not sure if Win8 will then work but you can reinstall it if not.
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    Good suggestion Greg. This may also be useful:
    Secure Boot - Enable or Disable in UEFI
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    I've bookmarked all of those links - thank you for your help guys - I'll post back in a few days when I receive the laptop and get to work on getting it running as a like, or ask for help if I can't :)
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    For dual boot.

    Follow Step one to five in this tutorial:
    Downgrade Windows 8 to Windows 7
    Than follow this tutorial: (installing in uEFI mode.)
    Dual Boot Installation - Windows 8 and Windows 7 or Vista

    Ordered new laptop with Win 8 but plan to install Win 7 - partitions?-windows-8-downgrade-006-sb-posting.png
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  8. Posts : 92
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    So can I just assume that everything done in the second tutorial is exactly the same from within Windows 8?

    1. Disable secure boot
    2. Open Windows 8 and create another partition for Windows 7
    3. Restart and install Windows 7 on the new partition
    4. Once Windows 7 is setup, restart again and change the boot defaults.

    Is this pretty much correct?
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    1. Disable secure boot
    2. Open Windows 8 and create another partition for Windows 7
    Yes.

    3. Restart and install Windows 7 on the new partition
    Install in uEFI mode.

    4. Once Windows 7 is setup, restart again and change the boot defaults.
    To what?
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    [QUOTE=theog;2242345]

    4. Once Windows 7 is setup, restart again and change the boot defaults.
    To what?
    Win 7
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