How to Create a Partition to Install Windows 7 Beta?
October 29th, 2009 Software 6 Comments

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I’m looking to try it out, can anyone tell me how to create a new partition and install windows 7 on it? And maybe some detail on windows 7, does it update itself, will my vista drivers work on it? (its a laptop)

Thanks!

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6 Responses to “How to Create a Partition to Install Windows 7 Beta?”

  • qbdeal1 29October2009

    Use VMware instead of installing it locally to harddrive, it is still in beta form, but to answer your question, use acronis or partion magic.

  • simon_marchese 1November2009

    Try downloading GPartEd.

  • William K 4November2009

    Hi,
    Please do this :-
    Go start > control panel > settings > admin tools > comp management then a window will show in the right hand panel, then click disk management then right click your drive then add > partition and now a wizard will open and correctly format and partition your new drive for you.
    This will solve you problems.

    as for windows 7 beta it installed and run’s like a dream, and my system is 4 yaears old and had XP pro running.

  • David 4November2009

    The Windows 7 Beta is no longer available for download

  • gvs 6November2009

    Windows 7 is much better than Vista, I have been using Windows 7 for the past 3 months and i am still using it. just partition your disk as you do when installing Vista but the minimum required space should 6GB. Yes, it updates on its own, is very light and i have all my drivers working perfect fine(I am using HP dv6000 laptop).
    try it out, if you have used Vista before, I think you would love to stay with Windows 7.

  • RonS [WINDOWS-TEAM] 9November2009

    Hi Myke,

    My name is Ron, and I’m part of the Windows 7 outreach team. First, if you haven’t already, you’re going to want to grab your product key from here:.

    Once you do that, check out the guide to setting up a dual-booting machine from Microsoft here:.

    I used that guide when installing Windows 7 and things went beautifully. Now I’m picking through the Beta and seeing how things work out.

    Hope this helps.

    Cheers,
    Ron
    Windows Outreach Team

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