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Test Install of 7 on USB disk then upgrade of vista to 7
hi,
So my sister refused that the family bought her a new (cheap) laptop. Don't ask me why. So as I have to fix the wifi on her current vista laptop, I am thinking on upgrading vista to windows 7.
This is an old HP 530 Notebook. Only vista driver ar made by HP.
So I want to do it in 2 steps:
1) Install windows 7 on my external usb hdd to see how well the hardware of her laptop is supported. I can't search for the drivers available in windows update. So I am gonna install it to check.
2) If all is ok in step 1), check again with "Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor" then Upgrade vista 32 bit home to windows 7 home 32 bits
Is there anything I must take special care of ?
One thing for example, is that there will 2 entries to boot windows once i installed windows 7 on the usb hdd. And I might need to remove it with bcdedit. but that's not a big deal.
How much free space do I need to perform the upgrade from vista to 7 the more smoothly possible ?
Edit:
OMG: Installing Windows 7 on usb disk is not that easy: How To Install Windows 7 On USB Flash Drive or External Hard Drive
what a pain-in-***-***
Edit#2:
I have just found WinToUSB that will ease the install of 7 to USB hdd ;-)
Last edited by zebul666; 20 Dec 2014 at 09:39.