Bootit Partition Scheme
Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2015 11:00 pm
Can anybody recommend a BootIt dual boot (WIN7 + WIN8) partition scheme that will allow me to install the program on the first of two hard drives that will also contain Windows 7 and Windows 8?
I tried creating unpartitioned space after the D:\Windows7 extended partition on the first drive to hold BootIt but BootIt refused to install there. So please let me know what will work. Right now HD0 is 240GB primary SSD with 174GB NTFS reserved for WIN8 (C:\) and about 65GB NTFS reserved for Windows 7 (D:\). Ideally I would like to reduce Windows 7 slightly and install BootIt in the free space after Windows 7. Is that possible and how much space would I need.
DESIRED SETUP ON HD0
C:\WINDOWS 8 174GB (NTFS PRIMARY)
D:\WINDOWS 7 65GB (NTFS LOGICAL-EXTENDED)
E:\BOOTIT xxMB (FAT32 PRIMARY)
I tried creating unpartitioned space after the D:\Windows7 extended partition on the first drive to hold BootIt but BootIt refused to install there. So please let me know what will work. Right now HD0 is 240GB primary SSD with 174GB NTFS reserved for WIN8 (C:\) and about 65GB NTFS reserved for Windows 7 (D:\). Ideally I would like to reduce Windows 7 slightly and install BootIt in the free space after Windows 7. Is that possible and how much space would I need.
DESIRED SETUP ON HD0
C:\WINDOWS 8 174GB (NTFS PRIMARY)
D:\WINDOWS 7 65GB (NTFS LOGICAL-EXTENDED)
E:\BOOTIT xxMB (FAT32 PRIMARY)