Half-A-100 Posted March 29, 2013 Member ID: 600 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 15 Topic Count: 16 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 125 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 14 Achievement Points: 840 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/20/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 6 Birthday: 01/25/1958 Device: Windows Share Posted March 29, 2013 I have a new laptop that I purchased with Win 8 Pro. I was hoping to dual boot Win 8 and Win 7 on the same machine as I had done with 7 and XP. The new Win 8 has some boot up querts that make this set up impossible as I see it. I'm looking for advice on how to run 7 under win 8 or dual boot. The old easy bcd just didn't cut it. My Equipment is a HP Envy - Model # HP ENVY dv7-7259nr Thanks for any help - Fifty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
KaptCrunch Posted March 29, 2013 Member ID: 389 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 45 Topic Count: 296 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 4470 Content Per Day: 0.84 Reputation: 3628 Achievement Points: 36517 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 39 Joined: 09/14/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 38 minutes ago Birthday: 01/01/1970 Device: Windows Share Posted March 29, 2013 most need a boot commander or Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
B-Murda Posted March 30, 2013 Member ID: 5841 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 17 Topic Count: 54 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 608 Content Per Day: 0.15 Reputation: 699 Achievement Points: 4384 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 03/02/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 29, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2013 I have a new laptop that I purchased with Win 8 Pro. I was hoping to dual boot Win 8 and Win 7 on the same machine as I had done with 7 and XP. The new Win 8 has some boot up querts that make this set up impossible as I see it. I'm looking for advice on how to run 7 under win 8 or dual boot. The old easy bcd just didn't cut it. My Equipment is a HP Envy - Model # HP ENVY dv7-7259nr Thanks for any help - Fifty It can be done, I have Linux and Windows 8 on mine. That said, why dual boat 7 and 8? XP I could understand but 7 and 8 are so similar minus the start menu. The same software and drivers work on both even. I recommend 8 though because it has much better memory management thus runs faster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Half-A-100 Posted March 30, 2013 Member ID: 600 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 15 Topic Count: 16 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 125 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 14 Achievement Points: 840 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/20/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 6 Birthday: 01/25/1958 Device: Windows Author Share Posted March 30, 2013 most need a boot commander or This is kinda the problem I'm facing. There's lots of info for adding and dual booting Win 8 on your win 7 machine. When you buy a machine that is orginally equiped with Win 8 and want to add Win 7 as the secondary OS its a problem. The Win 8 format doesn't want to allow the installation of the Win 7 OS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Stoner Posted April 6, 2013 Member ID: 4184 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 21 Topic Count: 12 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 56 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 21 Achievement Points: 595 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/09/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 21, 2023 Birthday: 04/16/1982 Share Posted April 6, 2013 Windows 8 is like android or iphone its no good for pc. WIN 7 FTW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Nobodygood>XI< Posted April 8, 2013 Member ID: 219 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 15 Topic Count: 24 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 492 Content Per Day: 0.09 Reputation: 108 Achievement Points: 2906 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 2, 2018 Birthday: 04/28/1957 Share Posted April 8, 2013 (edited) Windows8 for PC and windows8 for a tab are not the same operating system, the have the same GUI but there are many differences So no windows 8 is not like Android windows 8Pro (PC) Windows 8RT (tab, or like Android) you need to read up Edited April 8, 2013 by Nobodygood>XI< Sergeant Fist 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Half-A-100 Posted April 21, 2013 Member ID: 600 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 15 Topic Count: 16 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 125 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 14 Achievement Points: 840 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/20/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 6 Birthday: 01/25/1958 Device: Windows Author Share Posted April 21, 2013 Windows 8 Pro (PC) is what I have on an HP Envy - Quad Core. I have a licensed copy of Win 7 and want to run both on the same machine. I don't want to downgrade or modify the Win 8 to look like Win 7. Its a want not a need as are most things in the techy world. Let me know if you have any ideas. There are lots of links for adding Win 8 to any machine already running Win 7; however I have the oppisite and want to add my Win 7 (which is on its own separate HDD) into my laptop which supports two HDD. Unfortunately the start up and what we use to call the cmos set up is configured differently when the computer comes with Win 8 pre installed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Jot Posted April 30, 2013 Member ID: 4437 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 3 Topic Count: 7 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 33 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 28 Achievement Points: 273 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/21/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 27, 2016 Birthday: 03/18/1972 Share Posted April 30, 2013 Get a Mac ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Fist Posted May 1, 2013 Member ID: 4367 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 13 Topic Count: 3 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 43 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 9 Achievement Points: 370 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/17/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 5 Birthday: 08/30/1981 Device: Android Share Posted May 1, 2013 Hi, you would be better to clean install Windows 7 and then reinstall windows 8. I think these threads may help hopefully. Windows 8 boot manager is very different to any of the previous Windows. It is better to install the earlier version first, then Windows 8. Good luck. http://www.7tutorials.com/how-dual-boot-windows-8-windows-7-windows-vista-or-windows-xp http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/software-os/f/4677/t/19478575.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Murda Posted May 6, 2013 Member ID: 5841 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 17 Topic Count: 54 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 608 Content Per Day: 0.15 Reputation: 699 Achievement Points: 4384 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 03/02/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 29, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2013 Why not just run 8? FWIW it is very similar to 7. The start screen is of course different but MS is actually going to bring back the old start screen. So far I have not even came across a driver from 7 that wouldn't work on 8 in the event a driver was missing and I have had to work on a lot of machines... I have some old P4's running 8 even because it simply ran faster vs. XP and 7 due to memory usage more efficient. I actually find 8 to have a slight performance advantage vs. 7 due to its better memory management. I do understand that some gamers will claim 7 to be faster though and I guess depending on the machine and drivers it's possible but I have not been able to duplicate it in any lab setups. When I compared various machines that had been identical with the only difference being 7 vs 8 in any games I tested 8 had the better FPS and performance, given both OS's being on latest drivers and updates of course. Now by better I am not saying night and day difference, just a few % tops... XP vs. 7 I could understand. Some programs simply wouldn't work on 7 from XP but I have yet to find one that doesn't run on 8 that worked on 7. I am in the IT field if it helps my opinion any lol but I honestly say don't waste the space to dual boot, just run straight 8. Just about anything you may not like about it can be changed, including the start menu and screen until the MS patch is released. That said, most peoples problem dual booting something else with Windows 8 has to do with the secure boot loader or different bios that it uses. These features can be disabled without hurting anything though if need be. In my case I dual boot Windows 8 and linux. Sergeant Fist 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
hxtr Posted May 6, 2013 Member ID: 220 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 147 Topic Count: 595 Topics Per Day: 0.11 Content Count: 16950 Content Per Day: 3.17 Reputation: 13538 Achievement Points: 129713 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 120 Joined: 09/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 26, 2023 Birthday: 04/05/1970 Device: Windows Share Posted May 6, 2013 I just started messing with windows 8 and Im starting to like it. I have not tried games on it yet but the OS is fucking fast on my old machine. IE is fast.. Chrome is fast, startup shut down. Loving the tiles as you can finds things fast. I like how you can organize it. Im going to give it a shot as before I was hatting on it. Sergeant Fist 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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