Installing windows 7 on a vista machine but keeping both os

[dsawan]

Hi, just got windows 7 and want to know if its possbile to keep both vista and windows 7 on the same hard drive. i have strike fighters installs on it but want to revert back and forth with both os's. Anyone know how? thx.

[Guest rscsjsuso5]

no mean to being a vague person with a vague answer but if u mean sf on 7 and on vista then u need to partition your HD .if u using vista right now as your primary os then u pop in the dvd of 7 , 7 should let u partition a space on the same hard drive during the formating/partitioning sequence on the install and so when u boot up it should give u a dual boot of which os u want to use. if i was u i would test it on a test computer . i have a test computer that has xp3 and ubuntu. some installs are great when they give u a bar of the capacity of your hd and let your slide left/right how much u want to use for the install of os. enjoy and test it on a test computer.

[+Muesli]

Why keep Vista if 7 is the same or better in most respects?