Install Vista On One Hard Drive, Win 7 On Hard Drive 2
I have Vista installed on my Hard Drive, 250 GB.
But i recently purchased a 2nd Hard Drive, 500 GB, and i want to install Windows 7 on it.
Is that possible, to have both separately?
View Replies (Posted: 11-16-2009 at 05:51:40 PM)
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