How to Dual Boot Windows 7 and 8
If you're thinking about taking the new Windows 8 Developers Preview for a test drive, you may consider watching this video.
Dual booting Windows 7 with the Windows 8 Developers Preview is pretty straight forward and not unlike we've all done dual boot scenarios in the past. Some folks have reported problems and I really have no explanation as to why, I actually got through it pretty easily on my first try, using a fully patched and updated version of Windows 7 32 bit Ultimate from within a Virtual Machine in Oracle's VirtualBox.
Good luck and best wishes to those who try. I will be doing another on removing the dual boot of Windows 8 from Windows 7 leaving only Windows 7 remaining soon.... I hope.
Regards
Randy
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OS Service Pack Windows 8 Consumer Preview 64bit
Internet Explorer Version 9
DirectX Version 11
Computer Type Home Built
CPU Type and Speed AMD Penom II x6 3.2Ghz
CPU Cooling Factory
CPU Idle Temp 30 C
CPU Load Temp 47 C
Motherboard Chipset Gigabyte GA-870A-UD3 AM3 AMD 870
System BIOS Revision Award v6.00PG
System Memory Type 16 gigs Gskill Ripjaws
System Memory Speed 1333
System Memory Clocking 9 9 9 24
Video Card Type and Speed Nvidia 450 GTS 1Gig DDR5
Video Card Cooling stock
Power Supply Unit (PSU) Antec EarthWatts EA750 750W
Computer Monitor Dual 23" Dell LCDx
Sound Card Realtek High Definition Audio
Speakers Klipsch
Headset/Microphone Altec Lansing
Network Speed Comcast Cable, usually around 16 Meg
USB Controller Renesas Electronics USB 3.0 Host Controller
Gaming Console Xbox 360
Anti-virus Software Microsoft Security Essentials
Productivity Suite Microsoft Office 2010