I'm quite happy with the upgrade to Windows 8, but there are a couple programs I'm going to need to use soon that will only work under Windows 7. I only need them temporarily, so I don't want to downgrade to Win7.
Can I just install Win7 on a separate partition like any other dual boot? Or am I going to run into issues with that?
Best Answer
Licensing issues aside, yes you can, it is better to have W7 installed first, then install W8, then you will have no boot loader issues to deal with, it will just work.
If you install W7 second like you want to do, then W8 will no longer boot, you will have to use EasyBCD 2.0 software in Windows 7 to add W8 to the bootloader, not easy for most.