Dual boot w7 vista

The menu is presented after the BIOS has finished and is ready to start loading an operating system. You can set whichever version of Windows you prefer as the default. Thanks for your help. I noted your confirmation that running the repair option off the Win 7 install disk would fix the configuration problem.

I then ran the repair option and it worked like a charm. Office Office Exchange Server. Not an IT pro? Learn More. Script Center. Sign in. United States English. Ask a question. On your way through the wizard you'll be asked to define the capacity for your new volume to be; let it occupy the entire size of the unallocated space you've created, assign it the letter that you've just freed, quick format the volume using the NTFS file system and default allocation unit size volume label can be anything, just name it Windows 7.

You should now see a healthy primary partition with the capacity and label previously defined replace the unallocated space. With that, you can move on to Step 3. Step Click OK to start creating. After creating the new partition, it's time for the easy part: Installing Windows 7 on your new partition. Windows starts to install automatically. When you're choosing the installation type, be sure to select Custom advanced.

Be careful here. Only from DVD I can install vista for a dual boot configuration all is fine! Can someone tell me what is the culprit here any experiences like this?

Saturday, August 22, AM. Resizing the mb windows 7 recovery partition to 4gb did the trick! Vista installed perfectly fine from the pen drive! Thanks alot. Monday, August 24, PM. I think the real problem is the order how I installed the OS I installed windows 7 first then trying to install vista maybe this is not the good order cause i know to always install oldest OS first!

Sunday, August 23, PM.