NicholaiC
I want to do a custom install of Windows 7 Ultimate instead of upgrade, i have my disk partitioned twice where i have very important files. I do not have the resources to store them on a portable drive so i want to know if doing this custom install will delete the information in my partitions.
Answer
During the install process you will be presented with a list of partitions that currently exist on your hard drive, and will be asked to select where to install Windows to.
As long as you pay attention, identify your partitions (according to their different sizes) in this list, you will have no trouble selecting the right partition to install to. The other partitions will not be touched.
So make sure all your data is stored on one partition, know its size, know the main partition size. This is where you will be installing Windows. It is best not to have valuable data on this partition, so move it to the other partition.
During the install make sure you choose the right one, and you should be just fine.
During the install process you will be presented with a list of partitions that currently exist on your hard drive, and will be asked to select where to install Windows to.
As long as you pay attention, identify your partitions (according to their different sizes) in this list, you will have no trouble selecting the right partition to install to. The other partitions will not be touched.
So make sure all your data is stored on one partition, know its size, know the main partition size. This is where you will be installing Windows. It is best not to have valuable data on this partition, so move it to the other partition.
During the install make sure you choose the right one, and you should be just fine.
Will windows 7 screw up system recovery?
Rob F
I currently have windows xp on my laptop and I was thinking about giving windows 7 a go just to try a change. Now with my windows xp sp 2. When i turn on my laptop i can hit F11 and it returns my laptop to the day i bought it. (very useful!!) It is a gateway laptop. Now my question is if i install windows 7 will it take this feature away from me?
Thanks a lot.
Also does anything know if i can use my external drive to install linux and run it off the external drive?
Answer
There are two partitions on your hard drive. The small one (usually around 5GB or so) is the recovery partition. As long as you don't delete or format that partition when installing WIndows 7, you'll be fine. You can install any operating system on any storage device (portable hard drive, sd card, usb stick) just as long as your motherboard supports booting from an external device. If it does, install away!
It's not a "hidden" partition. You can easily delete it if you don't know what you are doing! When you install any OS it shows all partitions on the hard drive. Make sure you choose the only obvious one that has your current OS and all of your data (I'm assuming you already backed everything up?)
There are two partitions on your hard drive. The small one (usually around 5GB or so) is the recovery partition. As long as you don't delete or format that partition when installing WIndows 7, you'll be fine. You can install any operating system on any storage device (portable hard drive, sd card, usb stick) just as long as your motherboard supports booting from an external device. If it does, install away!
It's not a "hidden" partition. You can easily delete it if you don't know what you are doing! When you install any OS it shows all partitions on the hard drive. Make sure you choose the only obvious one that has your current OS and all of your data (I'm assuming you already backed everything up?)
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