How to clone Win7 to use it with 2nd Partition for testing
Hello,
seems I am missing the point somehow.
Hope someone of you can give me the hint in need...
I am using a Fijitsu Notebook with WIN7. Before completely converting to WIN8 I wanted to try it out. My Plan was / is:
Shrinking the partition down to 160GB, so the other 130GB are free, and new partition "D:" can be created
--> did this with DD11, worked.
Then I restored a backup, using TIH2013, to te new partition "D"
--> worked well
now comes the trick (or my fault...)
I installed OS selector and was under the impression I simply could somehow activate the WIN7 on the second partition "D" as my second OS, which I intended to upgrade to WIN 8 then at a later point in time.
But the OS selector is telling me there is no second OS...
Any help how to clone my win7 to a second partition would be aprecciated
txs
Jackko
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OS Selector is to some extent out of date, it has some difficulty with Windows 7 and as Windows 8 uses a different boot manager may well have major problems with W8.
There is though if you have the space a much easier way to test W8 so long as your Windows 7 is the Ultimate version. this is to create Windows 8 as a VHD and then add it to the Windows 7 boot manager or alternatively use the Windows 8 boot manager to boot Widnows 7.
If you don't like Windows 8 all that has to happen is remove the entry from the Windows boot manager and delete the VHD file.
This is how I have my Windows 8 on my Windows 7 laptop.
***edited typing errors****
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Txs for your suggestions
unfortunately my WIn7 is not an ultimate version, no VHD / VM.
finally I took another laptop did a backup of the current OS and installed Win 8.
After using it for a while.....I restored Win7.
Win8 seems to be a nice payground, optimized for all the social media, rather than an OS I need...To few of my apps have been rated as Win8 compatible, not even my printer...
Anyway - mission accomplished
J.
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