Solved How to reformat 1 OS in a dual booted laptop (Lenovo Z500)

zyrandiel

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Hello Sirs and Madames,

Kindly help out a lost person if you have time.

Situation:

I have a Lenovo Z500 laptop which I installed with Windows 7 Professional (x86) and a Windows 8.1 Professional (x64).
I installed all my work programs in Windows 7 and my gaming environment is at Windows 8.

Problem:

Some of my work programs are starting to have bugs. some Visual Basic stuff with my autocad have not functioned well like before when I first set this up. I want to reformat only the Windows 7 OS without affecting the Windows 8. I already did this once before but I stupidly reformatted my Windows 8 OS in the process.

Question:

Is there a possibility that I can format only the windows 7 without affecting the Windows 8 OS?


Desperately seeking for help,

Zy
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 7 Pro (x86) & Windos 8.1 Pro (x64)
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Lenovo Z500
    CPU
    Core i5
    Memory
    8 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia 635 GeForce
    Screen Resolution
    1366 x 768
    Hard Drives
    1TB
    Antivirus
    NONE
First off Label the windows 7 drive (volume)
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Second while booted into windows 8 right click and format windows 7 volume
boot into windows 7 setup media and install to the windows 7 volume (partition)
Dual boot win7 and win8.1 - done
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 3.1 > Windows 10
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS 8700
    CPU
    I7
    Memory
    24 GB
Hello KYHI,

You mean by labelling the windows 7 drive is by simply right-clicking and naming it WIN7?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 7 Pro (x86) & Windos 8.1 Pro (x64)
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Lenovo Z500
    CPU
    Core i5
    Memory
    8 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia 635 GeForce
    Screen Resolution
    1366 x 768
    Hard Drives
    1TB
    Antivirus
    NONE
Yes, that will set a Volume label.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Kernel 4.x
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    i5 3570K
    Motherboard
    P8Z77-V LK
    Memory
    G.skill Ripjaw Z 2133MHz 9-11-10-28
    Graphics Card(s)
    GTX770 4GB Dual BIOS
    Sound Card
    Audigy 4 Pro
    Monitor(s) Displays
    32" SAMSUNG HDTV
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080 progressive
    Hard Drives
    10TB total
    3 RAID arrays
    3 single disks
    PSU
    Corsair HX750
    Case
    Corsair R400
    Cooling
    Corsair H100
    Keyboard
    Logitech G510
    Mouse
    Logitech G5
    Internet Speed
    ~900mbps (~115MB/s) down, ~10mbps(~1.5MB/s) up
    Browser
    Firefox & Chromium
    Antivirus
    Common Sense
Okay, I will backup everything first then will feed back on what happened. Hope this works =D
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 7 Pro (x86) & Windos 8.1 Pro (x64)
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Lenovo Z500
    CPU
    Core i5
    Memory
    8 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia 635 GeForce
    Screen Resolution
    1366 x 768
    Hard Drives
    1TB
    Antivirus
    NONE
Hello folks!

Worked great!!! Thanks a lot! This thread is marked as solved now =D Thanks KYHI and hydranix =D

Really appreciate your help =D
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 7 Pro (x86) & Windos 8.1 Pro (x64)
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Lenovo Z500
    CPU
    Core i5
    Memory
    8 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia 635 GeForce
    Screen Resolution
    1366 x 768
    Hard Drives
    1TB
    Antivirus
    NONE
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