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Move Vista System Partition for 7 Install
I want to move the Vista (system) partition so that Seven can be installed in HD0:partition 1 while keeping Vista but moving it to HD0:partition 2. Why? Because I want the Seven partition to be the first partition for performance reasons, I do not intend to use the Vista 64 much if I use it at all but I do not want to delete it altogether.
Currently:
Vista 64 on HD0:partition 1
Seven 64 RC on HD0: partition 2 (to be deleted - replaced with a clone of the Vista partition)
XP SP3 (32) on HD1: partition 1
I am currently triple booting the three OSes.
The Problem:
I have read that there may a problem with removing a partition if it is the system partition.
Planned:
With EasyBCD remove the bootable Seven entry, remove the Seven partition, clone the Vista partition to partition 2. Install Seven 64 onto partition 1 from the booted DVD and format (and replace) the existing Vista 64 partition. Afterwards using EasyBCD restore the triple boot. So the result is:
Seven 64 on HD0: partition 1
Vista 64 on HD0:partition 2
XP SP3 (32) on HD1: partition 1
The Questions:
How is a partition marked as a system partition? When I clone the Vista partition am I going to run into trouble because it is a system partition?
Is this even possible? Is it possible to boot into a clone of the Vista partition? Once I've installed Seven I assume there will be a new set of system files (or a new system partition) which I can modify (with EasyBCD) to restore a bootable Vista. Is this likely?
The alternative is to dump the current Vista partition and reinstall Vista (and all its drivers and applications) after the Seven install, this I do not want to do. I would rather have a clean install of Seven and a moved Vista. I would also prefer to NOT keep the bootloader files in the Vista partition.
Any advice or ideas would be welcome.
Last edited by zBobG; 30 Oct 2009 at 20:48. Reason: clarification