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dual boot in for Windows 7 and Windows 10

I have a home user that has Windows 7 Prof. with quit a few applications installed which she has lost the install and license for but is not sure if she will them later
Her computer also includes many bad installs and the O.S. is not running properly

I'd like to install a fresh copy of Windows 7 on a new hard drive
I also would like to leave the computer with a dual boot so she can boot to the new drive and also boot to the old drive if needed
FYI:
The last time I create dual boot computers was for Windows 7 and Windows XP dual boot

Joe Winograd

I use EasyBCD for dual (multiple, actually — it's not limited to two) booting:
http://neosmart.net/EasyBCD/

It is free for personal, non-commercial use:
http://neosmart.net/EasyBCD/#comparison

It works very well! As a disclaimer, I want to emphasize that I have no affiliation with this company and no financial interest in it whatsoever. I am simply a happy user/customer. Regards, Joe

jsarinana

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Joe
I'll try it out, process should I install Windows on my new h.d. first then install EasyBCD?

Thomas Wheeler

For the software keys you might be able to get a few using http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/product_cd_key_viewer.html

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nobus

i have such a setup
what i did was install windows 7 on my disk
then i installed windows 7 on another disk, and upgraded it to windows 10
you can do this fast by using the media creation tool :
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

nobus

jsarinana, i don't understand what is wrong with my suggestion, it does all you want, and you don't need to install anysoftware for it