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Old 05-09-2009, 07:37 PM
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I have 3 Hard drives:

OS (C - 11.8GB Free of 99.1GB

RECOVERY (D 6.05GB Free of 9.99GB

LOCAL DISK (F 413GB Free of 465GB

My C drive is obviously my main drive, the recovery is..i dont know it was there when i got the laptop and the F Driver is an external. (Maxtor)

What i want to know can i install the Windows 7 on the External Hard Drive (F) and when i boot up my PC i can select between the 2.

But in the F Drive is like games and other stuff, and theres about 10 folders in there.

How would i go about installing Windows 7 and if i can and install it on my external will that effect anything to do with my cdrive?

If i do download it i will be downloading the 64bit version as ive looked to see and my laptop is capable.

what type and size of disk will i need?

Thankyou
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Old 05-09-2009, 08:48 PM
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just install to f drive m8 and when u boot up it will say

Boot Win7 or there will be an option to go to Older Windows
This way u can have both OS on your system.

I have done exactly what u are about to do as drive C: was my main drive but for win7 i just installed to Drive E :

It wont affect anything at all on your c : Drive as from boot up you can simpy choose which OS u want to use.
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Old 05-09-2009, 09:16 PM
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Ok Thankyou,

I currently have 15 Files in there with subs and stuff, and then an autorun and the maxtor icon, in the auto run is:

Code:
[autorun]
icon = .\Maxtor_Desktop.ico
So i just burn it to a disk and pop it in my drive and choose to install it directly on the F Drive?

How big of disc and what type of disc will i need? (UK)
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Old 05-09-2009, 09:18 PM
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The file needs to be burned as an ISO file. Anything else and you've wasted a DVD.
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Old 05-09-2009, 09:39 PM
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What burner should i use?

And is this DVD okay?

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/sto...&category_oid=

Im downloading it now..
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Old 05-09-2009, 11:54 PM
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Any DVD medium will do. They are all pretty much the same anyway, just like any commodity item.
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Ok so im buying these tomoz:

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/6811839/Trail/searchtext>DVDR.htm

(sunday 10th)

And i choose to install on my F Drive, will i have to partition it or anything or just a straight install as there is only files on there an no OS..
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Back the files up.. Then do an install to that drive.
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Okay thankyou!

Hope it all goes well..

11mins to go untill its finished.. 95%
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I installed win7 on an extra HD the other day
pretty impressed actually
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