Install Windows 7 On 2nd Hard Drive Without Uninstall Xp

NOTE: This tutorial is a guide for installing Windows 7 on a system that has at least two internal drives, and you need to install Windows 7 on one drive while leaving Windows XP intact on a different drive. This procedure allows you to install Windows 7 without having to open up your computer and disconnecting the Windows XP internal drive, and avoids conflicts with having two bootable drives installed on the same machine. You will be able to switch between which operating system (Windows XP or Windows 7) at any time without having to physically disconnect one drive..


Steps by Steps how to install Windows 7

Follow the tutorial to run windows advisor for compatibility issues with your system. Then, download the Windows Easy Transfer 7 from Microsoft's website, install it on your XP machine, then run it. It helps is you have space on an additional drive that you are not going to format and use as the Windows 7 drive. For example, a you can use a network connection to transfer files to, another computer, a firewire or USB cable to connect the two together for the transfer, or an external drive or USB Flash drive. The program will not let you store the transfer file to the same computer you are going to install Windows 7 on. You must transfer them using one of the methods listed above.

After you have transferred the files to their temporary location, decide which drive you are going to install Windows 7 on. You MUST know the Disk ID for this procedure. There are several ways you can get the disk ID. Perhaps the easiest way is to start Windows Explorer, click on one of the Hard Disk Drives, then select "Properties". Under the "Properties" tab select the "Hardware" tab. This will display the Hard Disk drives installed on the computer. The disk ID will be a series of numbers and letters that will contain the disk size. For example in my system, I have three internal Hard Disk drives.

Disk drive 1 ID is: WDC WD1001FALS-00J7B1. This is a 1 terabyte drive.
Disk drive 2 ID is: WDC WD2500JB-22REA0. This is a 250 gb drive.
Disk drive 3 ID is: WDC WD2500KS-00MJB0. This is also a 250gb drive.

Determine which drive you will install Windows 7 on, and WRITE DOWN the disk ID. You will need this information for setting the default drive in your system BIOS.

Next, make sure that you don't need any of the files on the drive that you are going to make your Windows 7 drive (move them to another drive if you need to save them), then format the drive that you are going to make your Windows 7 drive. You can do a simple format of the drive in Windows Explorer. MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE THE CORRECT DRIVE SELECTED BEFORE YOU FORMAT IT, or you will lose files you did not want to lose. When you are ready to format the drive, left click on the drive letter you want to format ?it will turn blue when you have selected it ?then right click on that drive and select format. This will prepare the disk for a clean install of Windows 7

Next post ,we will talk about how to Start The Windows 7 Installation Process..