Comments on: How to Dual Boot Windows 7 and Windows 8 http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/how-to-dual-boot-windows-7-and-windows-8/ Digital Trends is your home for technology news, CE product reviews, mobile app reviews and daily videos. Tue, 21 May 2013 21:59:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Bryant Piersall http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/how-to-dual-boot-windows-7-and-windows-8/#comment-493032 Bryant Piersall Fri, 08 Feb 2013 15:45:49 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com/?p=386349#comment-493032 Windows 8 is great. I took this approach just to be sure but there is no turning back for me. I currently work IT and had doubts and worries about Windows8Pro desktop. Win8 has been slick providing me with many great features and not getting in my way. There is a learning curve but exploring its great features can be fun if you approach this OS with the right mentality.

]]> By: ASAbhi http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/how-to-dual-boot-windows-7-and-windows-8/#comment-486783 ASAbhi Mon, 31 Dec 2012 09:43:37 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com/?p=386349#comment-486783 I installed Windows 8 pro succesfully…but i have a probelem in booting.When I start my laptop, dual boot screen comes.This screen comes until I don’t boot wndows 7; once i booted Windows 7 and after that when i boot then window8 start loading and after that it freezes and a black screen appears without any cursor.When I manually restart laptop then i am able to see windows 8 login screen.Dual boot screen is alright when i keep booting windows…..And if i want to start windows 7 now then i have to shut down and start again……Please help-why black screen comes and dual boot screen does not appear and why I need to restart…Please help

]]> By: pclem http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/how-to-dual-boot-windows-7-and-windows-8/#comment-483065 pclem Sat, 15 Dec 2012 00:12:50 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com/?p=386349#comment-483065 I installed Win8 Enterprise using the normal procedure to preserve a Win 7 installation. However, after Win 8 was installed, and on re-boot I did not get the Win 8 boot screen manager screen. It booted directly into Win8. To recover my Win7 boot, I had to get “Visual BCD editor” and repair the boot sector, and create a new Launch entry for Win 7.

Is there any reason you know of, why the Win 8 install decided to phase out my Win 7 boot, and force a boot record repair?

]]> By: Jun Michael http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/how-to-dual-boot-windows-7-and-windows-8/#comment-477356 Jun Michael Thu, 15 Nov 2012 07:09:32 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com/?p=386349#comment-477356 Check the numbers of your partition, if there are already four primary partition or three primary partition with one extended partition (maybe there are a lot of logical partition under it) on your MBR disk, you could not create any more.

]]> By: dubhunter http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/how-to-dual-boot-windows-7-and-windows-8/#comment-476393 dubhunter Fri, 09 Nov 2012 23:58:09 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com/?p=386349#comment-476393 What version of Windows 8 are you using to dual boot upgrade or new system install disc?

]]> By: saintalan http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/how-to-dual-boot-windows-7-and-windows-8/#comment-476102 saintalan Thu, 08 Nov 2012 20:46:35 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com/?p=386349#comment-476102 Well, this was my first read on here and this my first post!

TBF I did it slightly differently as I wanted to add an SSD to my Desktop and thought ah I’ll just use that rather thanpartition an existing HDD. I did not format it, I let W8 do it.

Well the good news is I have got both 7 & 8 working on the same machine on different disks but in order to switch between them I have to mess about with the BIOS/boot up entries to get it to switch and normally takes a couple of tries.

Probably because of how I did it, I was not offered a switching menu on boot up. Is there any way that I can get round this.

Cheers and great site.

Alan

]]> By: Steve Webber http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/how-to-dual-boot-windows-7-and-windows-8/#comment-475432 Steve Webber Sun, 04 Nov 2012 22:53:52 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com/?p=386349#comment-475432 Not sure about this. I only purchased the 14.99 upgrade and downloaded it using a product key. It was my understanding that it needed access and files from my existing OS to work properly. I could be wrong though. They may have downloaded the whole OS to my USB.. It sure took long enough.

]]> By: Steve Webber http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/how-to-dual-boot-windows-7-and-windows-8/#comment-475431 Steve Webber Sun, 04 Nov 2012 22:45:17 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com/?p=386349#comment-475431 Thanks for the great tutorial,Anna. This made it possible for me to try out Windows8.

Just did the dual boot in a new Windows 7 home premium laptop. Worked very good. Based on all the comments, I wasn’t sure I wanted the upgrade but for 14.99, it was too good to pass up. Made a 50 gig partition as per the instructions and saved the download to a USB thumb drive. Everything worked as advertised. One thing to look out for though, even though the install is on a USB, the wizard puts an install shortcut on your Windows 7 desktop. If you just click on that, the install will wipe out all Windows 7. You MUST go into startup and switch the boot sequence to the USB drive first, then Boot up. After successful installation, I’ve got dual boot and I still have my reduced function free Office and Windows Media Center plus DVD codex. All my settings and files were saved and copied over to the Windows 8 partition. Set up was a breeze. All my installed programs and apps in Windows 7 work just fine. I’m very pleased with the dual boot capacity and after about an hour or so, Windows 8 is pretty slick. I like the best of both worlds with the dual boot. There’s things I’d like to do in Windows 7 and there’s things that are just more fun in windows 8. Maybe I like Win8 because I also have a 7″ android device that I’ve used for almost a year(Samsung 7plus) FYI: I’m not a computer expert. I’m one of those old grandpas (70) who came to computers late and most the stuff you guys talk about is Martian.

Bottom line, I love Windows 7 and I really like Windows 8 so far. I’m sure that in a relatively short time Microsoft will upgrade the Windows 8 experience and work out the kinks. Then the program will probably cost a lot more to get into the game. The 14.99 I spent for it is well worth the money. Especially since I can have my cake and eat it too with the dual boot. Cheers.

]]> By: poor1 http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/how-to-dual-boot-windows-7-and-windows-8/#comment-475409 poor1 Sun, 04 Nov 2012 16:04:22 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com/?p=386349#comment-475409 from what I can gather you need a full Builders edition f Windows 8 as the licence terms of the upgrade forbid dual booting.

]]> By: poor1 http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/how-to-dual-boot-windows-7-and-windows-8/#comment-475408 poor1 Sun, 04 Nov 2012 16:02:22 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com/?p=386349#comment-475408 From what I can gather, in order to dual boot you need a full System Builder Version of Windows 8, as the licence terms of the upgrade version forbid dual boot installation.

]]> By: johnben http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/how-to-dual-boot-windows-7-and-windows-8/#comment-475211 johnben Sat, 03 Nov 2012 01:35:21 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com/?p=386349#comment-475211 Help! Received my windows 8 pro upgrade dvd today and tried, unsuccessfully, to install. Setup does not recognize the partition I created. Message: “We couldn’t create a new partition or locate an existing one. For more information, see the Setup log files.” 1- where are the Setup log files? 2-Why isn’t my partition being recognized?

]]> By: Robert Lonergan http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/how-to-dual-boot-windows-7-and-windows-8/#comment-475029 Robert Lonergan Thu, 01 Nov 2012 22:57:47 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com/?p=386349#comment-475029 hi i want to do the same thing has it worked for you i am just about to download the it

]]> By: Defencebuilder http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/how-to-dual-boot-windows-7-and-windows-8/#comment-474517 Defencebuilder Tue, 30 Oct 2012 14:51:00 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com/?p=386349#comment-474517 Thanks so much for your help and thanks for the great article!

I will be setting this up soon. Ill let you know how it goes.

]]> By: Filipp Khan http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/how-to-dual-boot-windows-7-and-windows-8/#comment-474461 Filipp Khan Tue, 30 Oct 2012 06:46:39 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com/?p=386349#comment-474461 Windows 8! Much better with system resources :)

]]> By: Chip Macgill http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/how-to-dual-boot-windows-7-and-windows-8/#comment-474462 Chip Macgill Tue, 30 Oct 2012 06:46:39 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com/?p=386349#comment-474462 Dual boot 2 Windows OS? Yea, that’s sounds like a really stable environment. Just incase you thought 1 sucked, you could move to the other, then wish for the old days and move back and forth easily until you decide to kill yourself.

]]> By: David Woodruff http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/how-to-dual-boot-windows-7-and-windows-8/#comment-474463 David Woodruff Tue, 30 Oct 2012 06:46:39 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com/?p=386349#comment-474463 Chip it probably uses a virtual machine and splits your computer resources. Parallels does this with ma an windows and runs very stable and works well hand in hand

]]> By: Ben Van Rheen http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/how-to-dual-boot-windows-7-and-windows-8/#comment-474464 Ben Van Rheen Tue, 30 Oct 2012 06:46:39 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com/?p=386349#comment-474464 dumbest fucking thing ever

]]> By: Ben Van Rheen http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/how-to-dual-boot-windows-7-and-windows-8/#comment-474465 Ben Van Rheen Tue, 30 Oct 2012 06:46:39 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com/?p=386349#comment-474465 YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS – LETS SETUP MY LAPTOP TO BOOT LUNIX, BSD, WINDOWS 3.1, 95, ME, VISTA 7 AND 8. I CAN DO IT ALL

]]> By: Donald R Wester http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/how-to-dual-boot-windows-7-and-windows-8/#comment-474458 Donald R Wester Tue, 30 Oct 2012 06:46:38 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com/?p=386349#comment-474458 Linux!

]]> By: Henry Stempien http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/how-to-dual-boot-windows-7-and-windows-8/#comment-474459 Henry Stempien Tue, 30 Oct 2012 06:46:38 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com/?p=386349#comment-474459 exactly what I done …

]]> By: Ken Starr http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/how-to-dual-boot-windows-7-and-windows-8/#comment-474460 Ken Starr Tue, 30 Oct 2012 06:46:38 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com/?p=386349#comment-474460 Mountain Lion

]]> By: annawashenko http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/how-to-dual-boot-windows-7-and-windows-8/#comment-474418 annawashenko Tue, 30 Oct 2012 03:52:07 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com/?p=386349#comment-474418 Yep, if you have one of the required systems running already, you can download the upgrade files to a DVD or a USB drive and install it in a new partition. But you’re right, it seems like Microsoft hasn’t made the full version available for download.

]]> By: annawashenko http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/how-to-dual-boot-windows-7-and-windows-8/#comment-474416 annawashenko Tue, 30 Oct 2012 03:47:14 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com/?p=386349#comment-474416 Thanks, Ian!

]]> By: Defencebuilder http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/how-to-dual-boot-windows-7-and-windows-8/#comment-474335 Defencebuilder Mon, 29 Oct 2012 21:38:01 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com/?p=386349#comment-474335 I would like to set up dual boot for Windows 8. Does anyone know if the Windows 8 pro Upgrade version will work to set up on a new partition? I can not seem to find a Full Version for sale anywhere.

]]> By: Ian Bell http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/how-to-dual-boot-windows-7-and-windows-8/#comment-474177 Ian Bell Mon, 29 Oct 2012 02:06:50 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com/?p=386349#comment-474177 Looks like I will be doing a dual boot until I am 100% convinced that Windows 8 is the system for me. Great piece Anna!

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