Solved Windows 7 and Windows 8 dual boot.

Hi all
Normally I use a Virtual machine rather than dual boot but this time I need to do some testing with REAL hardware so I need to boot into both W7 and W8.

I can't seem to find if it's possible to dual boot wither 2 Windows 7 instances (for example Ultimate and Home Premium) or a Windows 7 and W8 instance.

Any ideas anyone -- I'd rather just use normal MS stuff rather than tricks like EasyBCD which mess around with hiding partitions and changing the the partition with the OS you want to boot as the ACTIVE one.

Cheers

jimbo

Hello Jimbo,

Yes, you could dual boot with any two Windows 7 editions or versions if you like. You could also dual boot with any Windows 7 and Windows 7, or multi-boot with 2 Windows 7 and a Windows 8 if you like.

If you like, the tutorial below can help show you an easy way to dual boot with any Windows 7 and Windows 8 to help.


http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/2344-dual-boot-installation-windows-8-windows-7-vista.html

Thanks --works a treat very nicely explained too

Cheers
jimbo

You're welcome Jimbo.