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Old 11-06-2009
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Installing Windows 7 with Vista already installed
I'd like to install windows 7. I am running Vista and I had made a partition when I thought I wanted to have also windows XP just in case. I never installed XP because I liked Vista.
That partition is empty and my question is this:

Vista is running on 32-bit, but my computer says it is capable of running 64-bit.
Can I install Windows 7 on that empty partition at 64-bit without disturbing Vista on 32-bit?
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Old 11-06-2009
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Perhaps a guide: How to dual boot Windows Vista and Windows 7 (Vista installed first)
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Old 11-06-2009
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Yes
Yes. Yes you can.
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Old 11-06-2009
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Sorry, are you saying that yes I can install Windows7 64bit on the clean partition and still run
Vista 32bit?
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Old 11-06-2009
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Yep, there aren't any issues having both as long as they are installed on different partitions.