Hi there..
I'm currently running Windows 7 on a 256GB SSD and I'd like to try installing Windows 8.1 on there as well as a dual boot. I also have an HDD which I use for storage only. I'm doing this as I'm not getting the performance I'd like out of Battlefield 4 (as some of you may know it's optimized for Windows 8 with the newer version of DirectX, etc.).
I understand that I have to shrink my existing partition and then install the new O/S on it (plenty of tutorials on the Internet), but I have a few questions.
I know I can access my files and documents from either partition while in either O/S as they will appear as two separate drives in Windows Explorer.
But how do all my previously installed programs work when I boot into 8.1? If, say, BF4 and Origin remain in my Win 7 partition, do I just click on them and run them while in Win 8.1? Or will I even see these icons on my desktop because they are from the other partition?
If they do work, would I get the 8.1 performance benefits out of them when they are still in the 7 partition, or would they need to be uninstalled then reinstalled on Windows 8.1 to get that? I guess basically my question is if something is installed in one partition will it be accessible and work in the other partition as well? And if I wanted to use an application in both Win 7 and Win 8.1 do I need to install it twice?
I guess once I know how my installed programs work then I can decide how much to shrink the volume by.
Also, I assume I can just purchase Win 8.1 from the Microsoft store and burn it to a DVD and install from there?
Thanks for any help
I'm currently running Windows 7 on a 256GB SSD and I'd like to try installing Windows 8.1 on there as well as a dual boot. I also have an HDD which I use for storage only. I'm doing this as I'm not getting the performance I'd like out of Battlefield 4 (as some of you may know it's optimized for Windows 8 with the newer version of DirectX, etc.).
I understand that I have to shrink my existing partition and then install the new O/S on it (plenty of tutorials on the Internet), but I have a few questions.
I know I can access my files and documents from either partition while in either O/S as they will appear as two separate drives in Windows Explorer.
But how do all my previously installed programs work when I boot into 8.1? If, say, BF4 and Origin remain in my Win 7 partition, do I just click on them and run them while in Win 8.1? Or will I even see these icons on my desktop because they are from the other partition?
If they do work, would I get the 8.1 performance benefits out of them when they are still in the 7 partition, or would they need to be uninstalled then reinstalled on Windows 8.1 to get that? I guess basically my question is if something is installed in one partition will it be accessible and work in the other partition as well? And if I wanted to use an application in both Win 7 and Win 8.1 do I need to install it twice?
I guess once I know how my installed programs work then I can decide how much to shrink the volume by.
Also, I assume I can just purchase Win 8.1 from the Microsoft store and burn it to a DVD and install from there?
Thanks for any help
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