OS Help Peeps!

[Solace]

Okay so like a while back i used to work on Windows Xp...then I added Windows 7 when microsoft was letting out the first beta. Now i can go on either, but i downloaded an iso with the full windows 7 already activated and final release and i wanna use it. I'm gunna back up my files on my C drive and put windows 7 on the d drive. But if i do this will it overwrite the previous OS on the D drive or just add along with it or overwrite completely?

sorry if im making this sound complex too

[Robbie G]

It should just overwrite it if I understand correctly.

When you say drive C and D are they different hardrives or just different partitions on the same one? Unless they're two separate hardrives I would recommend backing it up somewhere else just in case. Because..well, shit happens lol.

[neversnooze]

Yes it would overwrite

The best solution for you Solace, if your that worried, why not buy an external hard drive. you may spend between 70 to 120, but it will make it much easier on yourself.

but like shady babie said do you have multiple drives or just one hard drive?

[Solace]

Thanks guys for the responds, and don't worry, two completely different drives. And I would get an external hard drive but its a little hard for a 14 year old to get cash if you know what I mean lmao. Im looking out for jobs this year though, hopefully thatll help. And thanks, next week Ill be doing it i guess, good thing it overwrites

[Robbie G]

Yeah you should be fine. What's the worst that can happen if it's all backed up on another hardrive?

[DelinQuent]

You CANNOT boot to an external hard drive, so throw that idea out the window.

You can get a program called Partition Magic that will allow you to add another partition to your D drive which will enable you to install windows 7 without overwriting any of the previous installations.

By the way, Windows 7 is phenomenal. I go to school for Computer Systems & Networking and my school is a part of the Microsoft IT Academy so we all get a free Technet subscription so I have a completely legal and full version of Windows 7 Professional for free.

Let me know how it goes

[TommiTMX]

You CANNOT boot to an external hard drive, so throw that idea out the window.

You can get a program called Partition Magic that will allow you to add another partition to your D drive which will enable you to install windows 7 without overwriting any of the previous installations.

By the way, Windows 7 is phenomenal. I go to school for Computer Systems & Networking and my school is a part of the Microsoft IT Academy so we all get a free Technet subscription so I have a completely legal and full version of Windows 7 Professional for free.

Let me know how it goes

You CAN boot from an external Hard Drive but not all the time (although from my reading no one suggested it, I think the mention of an external HDD was for the use of backing up files).

And I do agree, Windows 7 is awesome

[DelinQuent]

the only way you're booting to an external hard drive is through a PE (Pre-Installed Environment). So you'd have to have something very similar to the Ultimate Boot CD, where it's just a very basic and stripped down version of windows. No installing programs or anything at all basically. Which is only good for doing diagnostics on a machine, so booting to an external hard drive is useless to the average user at this point in time.