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Windows 7 is a software operating system and is able to use many different kinds of drives - hard, mini, and soft

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How much free space does Windows need on a hard drive?

During installation, Windows 7 will need about 16GB on a hard drive.


What role does a hard drive plays on the computer?

The hard drive stores the Operating System. Like for example : Windows XP or Windows Vista or even Windows 7 without the hard drive your computer will not turn on.


How do you partition drive to have XP and Windows 7 on it?

When you are getting ready to install the OS, either Windows 7 or Windows XP. It has an option to Format or Partition a hard drive. If you use the partition function you can decide how much you want to take out of the hard drive storage.


Can Windows 7 be formatted with Windows XP?

Windows 7 and Windows XP are operating systems. You cannot format operating systems. But you can format your hard disk or hard drive. You can use Windows XP bootable CD to format HDD, but you will have to use Windows 7 Bootable Installation disk to install OS on your formatted drive.


Do you need to have windows 7 on a hard drive before installing Windows 8?

It depends on type of Windows 8 installer. If it is update, you need Windows OS preinstalled. If it is full installer, you can install it on a bard hard drive.


How many ways are there to install windows 7 and what are they?

You can install Windows 7 from optical drive (CD, DVD), hard drive (a local copy), network or USB device.


Where to find ntldr in windows 7?

NTLDR will default to \Windows on the first partition of the first hard drive.


What is the size of Windows 7?

I just did a clean install of Windows 7's Release Candidate, and my hard drive had 11.7GB used.


Which hard drive do you use?

I use a Windows 7 HDD drive in my home computer. It is fast, and reliable.


Can you del Windows 7 and reinsall Windows Vista or Windows XP?

Yes, you can delete windows 7 by formatting your drive, but all of your files will be gone. If you have two hard drives, you can either copy your data from one drive to the other or put xp/vista on the second one and use the windows 7 drive as a slave.


How can I create a Windows 7 and Ubuntu dual boot with Back ups for both on 2 hard drives?

I would suggest installing windows on one hard drive, then installing ubuntu on the same hard drive. Use the other hard drive for the backups (partition it).


How do you downgrade from Windows 7 to Windows XP?

You would need to buy Windows XP and install it on your hard drive to replace Windows 7. However there are programs that can run a simulator of XP while running Windows 7.

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