I want to get Windows 7. Just for the shit of it. I don't want to do dual boot as that's a lot of work and my hard drive already has 2 partitions on it.
Basically, what I want to do is just put Windows 7 in place of XP, which I'm pretty sure I can do.
My hard drive has 2 partitions. One is C:, which is where Windows XP is installed. The other is D:, which has all my important data (including games). So basically I already backed my system up. However, what I want to know is if I can even do this without consequence. If I were to just clear out the C: partition and install Windows 7 on it, would I still be able to access the D: partition without any issues? Or would I have to reformat that partition to so Windows 7 could interact with it? I have reinstalled Windows XP on C: before without having to do anything to D:, but that's probably because I made both partitions when installing XP the first time...
Anyway, any info would be appreciated.
XP -> 7
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AFAIR there should be no problems with the D partition. This is what I did (by mistake as it happens). I've still got E: and F: both untouched by the installation. I assume you know that the C: will be wiped by Windoze 7.
However, I read somewhere that if you can get hold of a copy of Vista, install that without registering, then install Windoze 7 that may be a happier way of installation without wiping the C:.
(All advice given is purely conjecture and if anything goes wrong please don't hesitate to.... blame Microsoft!)
However, I read somewhere that if you can get hold of a copy of Vista, install that without registering, then install Windoze 7 that may be a happier way of installation without wiping the C:.
(All advice given is purely conjecture and if anything goes wrong please don't hesitate to.... blame Microsoft!)
