Dual boot Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2

denimknight

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Hi all,

Hope you can help, I'm not sure if this is the right forum or the right section of the forum. My girlfriend is trying doing a course at uni and as part of that course she needs a virtual environment set up. What I'm trying to do it dual boot Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. I've tried it using a VHD and using the D:\ drive (she's got one big drive partitioned into two.)

When I try to install it I get the error message "Setup was unable to use the existing partition because the system volume does contain the required free space" I tried using Hyper-v server 2012 R2 as well and get the same message.

Does anyone have any ideas how I can fix this or if you can point me in the right direction that would be a big help.

Thanks

Alex
 

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Why not just use a virtual machine like vmware player? Dual booting would cause more headaches then necessary.
What are the specs of this pc you are installing it on?
 

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