I moved Windows 7 onto my primary laptop this weekend after testing it on another machine in my lab. Rather than wipe out the Vista installation on my laptop, I decided to set it up as a dual boot ...

Contemplating going with a dual-boot (at least for a while) with my upcoming new motherboard/CPU/RAM + larger SSD, which leads me to a couple of questions. First, is it at ALL possible/practicable to ...

In the realm of computing, the choice between operating systems often feels like a crossroads. Each path—Windows with its widespread application support and user-friendly interface, and Linux with its ...

With the Windows 7 DVD in your optical drive, reboot and "press any key" to boot from the disc when prompted. The installation wizard that will greet you is pretty straightforward. Despite that, there ...

I'm not sure if dual booting Vista with W7 is any different than dual booting XP with W7, I wouldn't think so but just for reference, I had a dual boot with XP and W7 and wiped the XP partition and ...

Following my advice in Dual-Boot with Windows 7, Dale Bevan set up a dual boot with Windows 7. He now wants to remove the new OS and stick with the old one. I’ve already explained how to remove the ...

If you've read the previous section explaining how to create a new partition using Vista's built-in tools you will undoubtedly notice that the following additional steps are not required in that ...

Don and Gladys followed my directions from Dual-Boot with Windows 7. Now they want to remove the older version and just use Windows 7. Turning a dual-boot system into a single-boot one is a long and ...