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I have a dual boot PC with two separate HD's, one with Win7 on C: drive and the other with Win8 on the D: drive. When I boot to Win7 and use the Windows Backup program to make an image of the C: drive, it automatically includes the D: drive. I only want to backup Win7, how do I do that...

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Data Pratition Many thanks Drew, I will give your suggestion much consideration.

My HD has 2 partitions, one for the OS (c: drive) and a second (unused D: drive) data partition. Just installed Windows 7 Professional on the OS partition - works great. My Questions - I had planned to put all my applications on the data partition but now I'm reconsidering and may want to put...

Need some advice on Windows 7 RTM install. I've installed many RC with no problems but when I attempt to install Windows 7 RTM it keeps telling it cannot format the disk. I'm running a Windows XP Pro computer with XP on disk1 and Windows 7 RC on disk2. I first disconnect disk1 and then boot...

I've used all the Windows 7 builds so far with no problems. I'm now using build 7057. Whenever I launch the program, a desktop notepad always opens with the following 2 line content: .shellclass Info localResourceName=@%system%\system32\shell32dll,-21787 I just simple close it every time and...

I have 2 systems running Windows 7 beta. When I do a Remote Desktop from one of the Windows 7 computers (computer A) to Windows 7 (computer B) the remote desktop display is fine. However, when I do a Remote Desktop from computer B to computer A the remote display is all black except for the...

I have 2 systems running Windows 7 beta and a third running XP. When I do a Remote Desktop from my XP machine to a Windows 7 computer everything is fine. When I do a Remote Desktop from one Windows 7 PC to another Windows 7 PC, the desktop screen on the "connected" PC is totally black but...

Pardon my ignorance – what are the advantages of installing the 64 bit version of Windows 7 beta and what problems might I encounter? Will I have problems with my apps programs, drivers, etc? TIA

I’ve been using a pre beta version of Windows 7 for several weeks now and just installed the official beta release of Windows 7 yesterday. I’ve spent time installing programs, files, etc. from my XP system as well as doing some customizing of Windows 7. The operating system works...