[help] partitions and windows 7

Super thanks to all your replies, now I'm able to dual boot vista and win7 :)

however there are several questions I'd like to ask (not sure if these are still suitable in this section):

1. In Vista, my Windows Experience Index score is 4.0 (due to graphics). But in Windows 7, it is 1.0 (due to graphics and gaming graphics). How could I fix this?

2. How will I know if my drivers are okay? Do I have to go to Acer's website to install all drivers?

3. Is it possible for the documents, pictures, music, etc. in my start bar to be linked to my files in Drive C (VISTA)?

4. Is it really normal that the drive C (where my Vista is) in Vista becomes drive D in Windows 7, while drive D in Vista becomes drive C in Windows 7 (where my Windows 7 is)?

5. Could I create another partition without my disk becoming a dynamic disk?

6. Do I need to reinstall all my programs? Couldn't I just browse for a program then run it in Windows 7?

7. I'm using Kaspersky Internet Security in Vista. Will using another antivirus (say AVG or Norton) in Windows 7 cause conflict?

Sorry for the many questions.... Thanks again :)

Jonathan_King said:

3. Yes, although I am not the one to ask how to do it.

then who should I ask regarding this?

Jonathan_King said:

5. Yes. Delete one of your primary partitions, and move stuff around until you can create a logical partition.

I'm not sure I can delete a partition coz my other two partitions aside from Vista and Win7 are Acer partitions which seem to contain recovery files. Are there other methods aside from deleting one?

Thanks :)

okay then, thanks a lot :)

garysgold said:

#3. Rt. click on these folders in 7/properties. Select location tab. Hit move and navigate to the folder on the Vista drive. Advisable to move all files to new location otherwise you might end up with two folders.

What do you mean by "Advisable to move all files to new location otherwise you might end up with two folders."? Would I need a third partition? Thanks

You can convert one of the existing Primary partitions into an Extended partition - then convert the adjacent Primary into a logical drive - both will then be in the Extended partition. This can be done without data loss.

You can then make one additional partition.

Paragon PM10 Personal was being given away yesterday - did you get it?

dknight178 said:

Jonathan_King said:

3. Yes, although I am not the one to ask how to do it.

then who should I ask regarding this?

Jonathan_King said:

5. Yes. Delete one of your primary partitions, and move stuff around until you can create a logical partition.

I'm not sure I can delete a partition coz my other two partitions aside from Vista and Win7 are Acer partitions which seem to contain recovery files. Are there other methods aside from deleting one?

Thanks :)