Wednesday, August 27, 2008

What would be the best way to install the Windows 7 beta for me (triple-boot)? -

I guess the beta is being released tomorrow, and I want to try it out. Currently I m triple-booting Vista, XP and Linux. I d be willing to replace my Linux partition with Windows 7 for the time being as I rarely use it. Here is my HDD configuration: Disk 0: Windows Vista Ultimate x64 (500 GB) Disk 1: Partition 1: Windows XP (200 GB) Partition 2: Linux (50 GB) Currently my computer loads GRUB first, which defaults to Windows, then it switches over to the Windows Vista boot menu with XP and Vista, defaulting to Vista. I m trying to think of how would be the easiest way to do this. Of course I d have to first disable GRUB somehow. Can I do this with EasyBCD? Then, reformat the Linux partition. Then, would it be best to unplug my Vista drive so I don t overwrite the Vista Boot Menu? I think I did that when installing XP so I wouldn t overwrite the Vista Boot Menu. Is the Windows 7 boot menu the same as the Vista boot menu? If so, it would make things a whole lot easier. Sorry if this is all a bit confusing. Thanks for any help you can give.

Windows 7 is my only OS right now and i have yet to complain about it. I switched a week ago and i just rolled the dice, hoping that it would be satisfactory. I can tell you that the Win7 boot menu, as most of its features, is exactly the same as that of WinVista.

I suggest you look into getting VMware.

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