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YOUR EXPLANATION WAS HELP FULL.
ERNESTO
i installed win 7 on primary HD
and i disconnected primary HD and installed vista on Secondary HD
now i connected Primary HD bbut now boot is going to vista only how to get win 7 too!!!
Hello Raj,
You should have left both drives connected, so that when you installed Vista it would have been added to the boot file with Windows 7. Instead, you have a boot file on both drives with Vista being the primary now since it was done last.
You might see if doing a startup repair using the Windows 7 installation disc may be able to add it for you.
Hope this helps,
Shawn
Last edited by Brink; 15 Nov 2009 at 11:46.
Hi raj,
Because you are likely to be booting into 7 most, I suggest you go into bios and set the 7 HD as the first HD in bios boot order.
If you prefer, you can simply swap the order the SATA cables are connected to the motherboard.
Then you can add Vista to the 7 boot menu with startup repair, bcdedit, or Easybcd.
Re: the program files on a separate partition. I have installed programs in Vista to a separate D: drive, where I also have files.
If I install upgrade or clean/custom Windows 7 (new partition on C: or on separate D: drive?), is there a way to get the programs to run in both Vista and Windows 7? Would I just reinstall from each O.S. and point to the separate D: for programs and files? They would then keep overwriting themselves. Wouldn't that cause problems?
If anyone has got this to work, please let me know before I install 7. Thanks.
Hello Oldroser,
Sorry, but you would need to reinstall each program in each OS for them to work properly.
I intend to install Win7 HP 64 bit on a new additional HDD which would be my 'D' drive with the already existing 'C' drive containing VistaHP 32 bit.
Once Win7 and all programs are installed and properly running on 'D', will I be able to change 'C' to drive letter 'E', then change 'D' to drive letter 'C' and then reformat 'F' to just leave me with Win7 on 'C' as the sole OS
Thanks in advance
Pedro38
Hi Pedro,
The way to do that is to disconnect the HD containing Vista.
Have only the new HD connected. Install 7 onto it.
Make sure the 7 HD is first in Bios HD boot order.
Reattach the Vista HD.
Add an entry for Vista to the 7 boot menu by installing Easybcd on 7, or by using bcdedit.
What I hate about 7 is the Access Denied on some folders. Is there any way around that? As administrator, I want to look at all my folders.