Windows 7 RC Questions

portcrap

A couple of noob questions about windows 7.

I have a HP vista pc and want to use windows 7 RC (vista is desperate!)

I know there are various options to installing W7 RC, create a partition in vista or using the upgrade facility, or a virtual drive etc. I like the idea of upgrading from vista keeping my files etc intact but I am worried about a couple of things:

1. Will I be able to roll back to Vista whenever I want to without too much hassle i.e a complete reinstall, losing my data etc?

2. Will my HP recovery partition for Vista and vista os files be deleted or obsolete because of the upgrade? Can I still recover my PC back to factory condition?

3. If I choose the partition option; can I have three partitions on the one drive (1 = C drive, 2= HP Recovery, 3= Windows 7 RC)

4. If you can have any number of partitions, can you boot solely from the windows RC partition?

5. Will booting from a partition effectively mean windows 7 will run slower than the upgrade from vista option? Which is the better option?


Thanks for any help with these questions and sorry again for the noobness

Jonathan

Check the window 7 thread.

portcrap

i checked the windows 7 thread before posting and after trawling through 50 odd pages didn't find what I was looking for

Jonathan

Na, I meant ask in that thread. Most of the people interested in Win7 are already subscribed to that thread, it might get more attention from people more likely to reply.

I'm on a mobile now and not bothered writing out a long reply, maybe tomorrow morning at a pc. :pac:

portcrap

Cheers