Setup Windows 7 or Windows 8 side by side on a single drive.
Setup Windows 7 or Windows 8 side by side on a single drive.
You have one disk with two partitions and want to run Windows 7 on one while using Windows 8 on the other. If you install Windows 8 on one partition and Windows 7 on the other, the boot process will prompt you to choose which OS to start with, avoiding bootloaders for a quicker launch. You can access the boot menu and select the desired partition if needed. To ensure your BIOS treats the first partition as a separate drive, adjust the settings accordingly.