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A dual boot environment with Windows 7 requires at least two primary partitions. You should create one partition to install Windows 7, and a second partition to install a different operating system. If you are using a hard drive with more than two GB of space, you can create additional partitions if desired. However, for best performance and to prevent errors it is best to limit the number of partitions to two unless you have an advanced setup.

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