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Recommendations from this thread http://www.eightforums.com/installation-setup/18856-dual-boot-win-8-64x-but-adding-win-7-32-a.html tell me to use VMware to add it but the tutorial only shows adding 8? I have no clue how to add 7 Thanks!

I've already made a backup just in case I change my mind but it's not likely to happen. It's hated by all family members a lot. It's fine for people that like it but I'm not one. How does the virtual work? I'm not familiar? Do I just use my product key? Pros? Cons?

Thanks but I'm confused. Will the first not work with 7 32x? Thats the only one I have a copy of. The lenovo site is all about the recovery vs downgrading I don't think I understand the 2 virtual sutes since I'm aleady on win 8? I'm guessing I'm not understanding.

So what are my best options in getting this to win 7 instead? Can I load win7 to a separate hd to see if the drivers all work and then wipe it clean if it does work? What is the virtual thing? Right now I'm using a classic shell to make it look like win 7 but it's not the same

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Sorry. I was trying to fix it as I posted the wrong PC first. Should be corrected. I'm not familiar with virtual? How does it work?What advantages does it have doing it that way since I don't even want win8?

Awesome. Thanks for the help and quick reply. In all honesty, I don't even want windows 8. The only reason I really wanted a dual boot is to make sure 7 will actually work including the drivers, etc...prior to removing win 8 all together. Do you have a better suggestion on how I should go about...

Normally I could go to control panel>View Installed updates and it would be there. Problem is, it appears as though it was preloaded on the machine so the Internet Explorer 9 update isn't even listed. Any ideas? Thanks!

I have a lenovo with windows 8 home premium 64. Our family doesn't like it and I have a new copy of windows 7 home premium 32. However, I don't know if all my drivers would work so I don't want to look at formatting it and I still have some reading to do to understand the new boot problems. Is...