Can you tell me a Virtual Machine in Vista what I can use to try Windows 7? (
a tested one, what will work with vista 100% )
I want a software what to be clean, without any malware behaviour ( Virtual
Machine ).
"Victek" wrote:
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> > I have installed on my machine ( as OS ) MS Windows Vista Home Premium x64
> > Service Pack 1 ( Drive E: [ Local Disk ] ).
> >
> > I want to install on my machine MS Windows 7 Beta ( January build ) but in
> > another Drive ( D: [ Local Disk ] ). After I finish the installation
> > process,
> > I want to install all the required drivers ( the same drivers - what I
> > have
> > installed for Vista ) and maybe some software programs ( as Live
> > Messenger,
> > Office ).
> >
> > Can I do this things without to alter my Windows Vista system integrity
> > and
> > functionality ( because Win 7 I want only for fun and test but Vista will
> > remain the working system, personal system )? I mean... Can I use Windows
> > 7
> > from another Drive ( Local Disk ) without to alter anything from the
> > previous
> > system performance and stability ( of Vista )?
> >
> Good question. In the past installing a newer version of Windows to a
> different partition results in a dual boot environment, with the newer
> Windows handling the boot files. That works fine until you want to remove
> the newer version and boot again from the old, which is a difficult and
> tricky business in my experience. If you want to avoid a lot of grief I
> suggest you create an image of your Windows Vista partition (before
> installing Windows 7) so you can restore it if necessary. Another possible
> option is to install Windows 7 in a Virtual Machine in Vista. This is
> probably what I'll do first just to try it out. Assuming this works I
> should think 3 or 4 gigs of ram would be necessary for decent performance.
>
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