Multiple installs of win 7 on multiple partitions of the same drive

[yellowmitch]

Do you know much about performing multiple windows 7 installation on one hard disk drive?

For example,

Let’s say I have a 300gb drive and I make 3 100gb partitions.

I now want to install win 7 on each of these partitions and have a boot menu to pick which one I use.

E.g. one for work, one for school and one for home.

I have been asked to do this for someone in my college and they will ONLY accept windows L

Thanks

Alan

 

[Gator]

Do you have an issue or are you trying to figure out how to do this?

 

[Ztruker]

Do you have 3 licenses? The Windows 7 EULA states 1 copy per computer so installing the same copy of Win 7 to multiple partitions using the same install key is a violation of the EULA.

I'm not accusing you of anything, just pointing out the legality stuff.

 

[Indianatone]

Do you have 3 licenses? The Windows 7 EULA states 1 copy per computer so installing the same copy of Win 7 to multiple partitions using the same install key is a violation of the EULA.

I'm not accusing you of anything, just pointing out the legality stuff.

Looks like the OP is getting Enterprise from school. This would be OK to use the same key three times. Yes just go ahead and install the 1st 2nd and 3rd Windows 7 installations and call the drives something meaningful so you can figure out which is which. Windows will offer up a boot menu and you may wish to download EASY BCD (free for non commercial use).

EasyBCD - NeoSmart Technologies

 

[Gator]

Oh lol, I was trying to figure out what you guys were responding to but finally figured out that since I have SF Black Wide style I couldn't see his post and thought the thread title was the post... SMH...

 

[theog]

Do you have 3 licenses? The Windows 7 EULA states 1 copy per computer so installing the same copy of Win 7 to multiple partitions using the same install key is a violation of the EULA.

I'm not accusing you of anything, just pointing out the legality stuff.

Looks like the OP is getting Enterprise from school. This would be OK to use the same key three times. Yes just go ahead and install the 1st 2nd and 3rd Windows 7 installations and call the drives something meaningful so you can figure out which is which. Windows will offer up a boot menu and you may wish to download EASY BCD (free for non commercial use).

EasyBCD - NeoSmart Technologies

The OP is from the UK, not the USA.

 

[Indianatone]

Do you have 3 licenses? The Windows 7 EULA states 1 copy per computer so installing the same copy of Win 7 to multiple partitions using the same install key is a violation of the EULA.

I'm not accusing you of anything, just pointing out the legality stuff.

Looks like the OP is getting Enterprise from school. This would be OK to use the same key three times. Yes just go ahead and install the 1st 2nd and 3rd Windows 7 installations and call the drives something meaningful so you can figure out which is which. Windows will offer up a boot menu and you may wish to download EASY BCD (free for non commercial use).

EasyBCD - NeoSmart Technologies

The OP is from the UK, not the USA.

And your point? I am from the UK too. Enrterprise is for this very purpose. It is a volume license and can be used as many times as required in an educational, academic, corporate or even experimental setting.

 

[theog]

I know of NO school in the UK, that will sale or give out free any educational software or a email ending in ac.uk.

 

[Indianatone]

I know of NO school in the UK, that will sale or give out free any educational software or a email ending in ac.uk.

OK School is also College over here which is also Uni. I always thought it was strange when I came over here and 30 something' s would say I am going back to school when they really meant UNI or College.
I read his original post and it does indeed state college. Surely they "give" the software they require the students to use?

 

[theog]

MS UK College Offer using a email ending in ac.uk.

 

[SIW2]

The Windows 7 EULA states 1 copy per computer so installing the same copy of Win 7 to multiple partitions using the same install key is a violation of the EULA.

LOL.

You better tell everyone using Windows System Image.

 

[Ztruker]

The Windows 7 EULA states 1 copy per computer so installing the same copy of Win 7 to multiple partitions using the same install key is a violation of the EULA.

LOL.

You better tell everyone using Windows System Image.

What do you mean? I don't understand.

 

[Indianatone]

Enterprise software is designed for multiple install using the same key. This is what corporate, collages and anyone involved in virtual machines in a very serious way will be using. The same key can be used thousands of time and is normally linked to an in house sever to update the activation or not as required. If you walk off with the colleges laptop after a while as it cannot talk to the server and veruify the key it will stop working. This is not the same as the consumer version of Windows as you do need multiple keys for multiple installations.