Dual boot with windows 7

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MY OS IS WINDOWS VISTA ULTIMATE, AND IT´S WORKING WELL. BUT I INTERESTED IN LEARN THE NEW WINDOWS 7.
CAN I INSTALL WINDOWS 7 IN DUAL BOOT WITH WINDOWS VISTA?
I HAVE 3 BIG HDs AND MANY SPACE.
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
my pc is mounted
OS
windows vista ultimate
CPU
intel duo core 2
Motherboard
MSI P6NGM2 SERIES
Memory
DDR2 4 GB
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA
Sound Card
ON BOARD
Monitor(s) Displays
LG FLATRON L1953H
Hard Drives
MAXTOR 250 GB
SAMSUNG 160 GB
WD 250 GB
Welcome to the forums!!

See Brinks tutorial on dual booting -=> here
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
LENOVO K450 @3.0GHZ
OS
64-bit Windows 8.1 Pro
CPU
Core(TM) i5 CPU 4330 Haswell @ 3.20GHz
Motherboard
LENOVO
Memory
12.00 GB
Graphics Card(s)
Intel(R) HD Graphics
Sound Card
Intel HD integtrated
Monitor(s) Displays
HP 25' ISP Monitor
Screen Resolution
1900/1020
Hard Drives
(1) ST1000DM003-1CH162 (2) Generic STORAGE DEVICE USB Device (3) Generic STORAGE DEVICE USB Device
Internet Speed
100mb down/10mb up
I would recommend disconnecting all drives, including the Vista drive and doing a clean installation on the chosen drive.
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
DIY
OS
W7x64 Pro, SuSe 12.1/** W7 x64 Pro, XP MCE
CPU
Phenom II 1090T w/Noctua NH-D14 /**4400+ X2 w/CM Hyper TX 3
Motherboard
ASRock 890FX Deluxe 4/**A8N-SLI
Memory
2 x 2GB Patriot PGS34g1600LLKA/**4x1GB Corsair VS
Graphics Card(s)
EVGA GTX460 SC/**EVGA 8800GTS
Sound Card
Asus Xonar D2X/**Xonar D1
Monitor(s) Displays
Acer X233H, Dell E152FPc /**LG M237-WD
Screen Resolution
1920x1080 & 1024x768/**1980x1080
Hard Drives
WDC 2TB, 1.5TB, 1TB, 500GB,Seagate 500GB , Maxtor 80GB /**500GB Seagate & WDC 1TB Black
PSU
CM RS600 w/ APC BX1000G/**Antec 500 TP w/ APC BX1000
Case
HAF922/**Antec 1040IIB
Cooling
3x200mm, 1x140 and 1x120mm/**5x80mm fans
Keyboard
Logitech Media USB/**Saitek Eclipse
Mouse
Cordless Trackman Wheel/**Ditto
Internet Speed
3.3Mbps
Other Info
SB 560 5.1 w/ Sennheiser RS140/**Creative T20 speakers, Dvico FusionHDTV7 Gold RT, Cisco E3000, HP 5510V AIO, Linksys E3000, Belkin F5U237 hub and **F5D8055 adapter
(** = 2nd rig)
Yes, you can dual boot Win7 with Vista. You can even do it with an Upgrade, although you are supposed to stop using Vista once the Win7 Upgrade is installed.

Since you want to keep your Vista, I would buy a full retain version of Win7, boot from the installer and install it to another HDD.

If you want Win7 to configure a dual boot menu, leave the Vista drive plugged in along with the Win7 target drive. But unplug all other drives during install.

If you unplug the Vista drive during Win7 install to another drive, you can control which drive it boots to by setting that drive to boot first in BIOS, or using BIOS boot order shortcut key (normally F10).

The drives should still be visible to each other once both are plugged in.
 
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