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Kyle asked in Computers & InternetSoftware · 8 years ago

Is it possible to install Windows 7 professional alongside Home Premium?

I have this laptop that came preinstalled with windows 7 home premium. I was wondering if its possible to install windows 7 professional along side this OS so that I can choose to switch back and forth between the two OSs. The only problem I see however is that I don't think I have any unallocated space on my HD to make a new partition for professional.

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  • 8 years ago
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    they only way you can do this is with a virtual machine there are many free programs like vmbox that are fantastic for that but if you could make a new partition you could install as many OS as you wanted evan all of the window 7 versions you just need to configure the BCD (boot config data) and if your not very it savvy download a program called easyBCD

    Good luck

    Source(s): personal experience
  • ?
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    8 years ago

    No you can't have both. As far as i know you can have 2 OS on one computer, but not professional and home premium in the same OS.

  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    If you can rename your Windows folder like you could in 9x/NT, then yes.

  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    It is probably not possible

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