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Nihilim Dhiamara · Jun 13, 2009, 04:01 PM // 16:01

hello,
I have a few questions about installing Windows 7
I now have vista home premium 32bit, it was came with my laptop but i don't realy like vista, i would have changed allready but i don't have any drivers of my laptop. I heard some good things about windows 7 and wanted to ask if it's possible te keep vista and windows 7 on the same laptop? So yes, do i have to install the drivers on windows 7 and how do you install them on the same pc?
I don't have any experience with dual booting.
Thank you for any replies.

Oogball · Jun 13, 2009, 04:09 PM // 16:09

The only thing i know, is that there is just a beta atm. Somewhere around october the final w7 comes out.

Wrath Of Dragons · Jun 13, 2009, 04:18 PM // 16:18

http://lifehacker.com/5126781/how-to...th-xp-or-vista

As with any time you are messing around with partitions, it is entirely possible for something to go horribly wrong. I Recommend backing stuff up before you attempt this.

Nihilim Dhiamara · Jun 13, 2009, 04:34 PM // 16:34

these partisions, are those parts of you hard drive? then i have 3 partisions and only 2 hard drives

Wrath Of Dragons · Jun 13, 2009, 10:34 PM // 22:34

Partitions divide your hard drive into separate parts. So your computer may see your harddrive as 2 different hard drives: a D: and a C:
Operating systems should be installed on different partitions or harddrives to keep things separate, but different partitions can still see the contents of eachother just fine

Michael805 · Jun 14, 2009, 01:05 AM // 01:05

I've been running win 7 build 7000 since about January with no problems. You'll have to install drivers for things like video card/sound card/whatever else you may have, but that's easy to do. Most companies have drivers for windows 7 now, and if they don't 9 times out of 10 the vista version works.

Nihilim Dhiamara · Jun 14, 2009, 08:04 AM // 08:04

the problem is i have no clue what drivers i have

Michael805 · Jun 14, 2009, 02:48 PM // 14:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by aresfrombe

the problem is i have no clue what drivers i have

All you really need to do is find out what hardware you have, and what model it is, then drivers are easy enough to find.

rick1027 · Jun 14, 2009, 08:09 PM // 20:09

good place to find what you got if in regular windows go to acessories system tools andsystem information it got lots of the data youll need just do a little looking in there til you get your info