If I Dual Boot Windows 7 and Vista Will I Lose My Files That I Have With Vista?
December 8th, 2008 Windows 7 - Operating System 3 Comments

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pickedoff643 asked:


I have dual hard drive on my laptop and am wondering if i do a dual boot will I lose any files?
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3 Responses to “If I Dual Boot Windows 7 and Vista Will I Lose My Files That I Have With Vista?”

  • Ian S 9December2008

    If you shrink the partition with vista on it first, and then install 7 onto the unallocated space, then you won’t lose anything. You can shrink partitions in the disk manager, which I believe you bring up by typing diskmgmt.msc into the run box.

  • yamafopa 10December2008

    I would advise Virtual Machines rather than repartitioning. It easier, MS version if free, and if you have 2 + GB RAM and a decent machine the VMS run great.

  • jeff_windows_team 13December2008

    Hello pickedoff-

    There is always a risk this may happen when Beta versions of OS’s are utilized. Here is what Microsoft has to say about the risk of data loss that may occur when you download Windows 7 (See 5th tab down- Are there risks in installing the Beta).

    Jeff
    Windows Outreach Team

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