
Then click "OK".Ĭlick "Apply" to proceed with the changes. In the pop-up window, you can set the partition as Windows 7 and create as "Primary Partition". Right-click the unallocated space and select "Create". Drag the left borderline rightwards to free up 60.73GB for Windows 7 system partition. What I need to do now is to resize one of the data partitions to free up enough space for a Windows 7 installation. I have a 465.76GB hard disk which is partitioned with a 58.59GB system partition on which Windows XP is installed and two data partitions(195.32GB D: partition and 211.85GB E: partition). Then Launch Partition Assistant and it will display the whole disk information in the disk map.

#Create boot partition windows 7 install#
Download and install the free Partition Assistant Standard Edition.

There are a lot of options available, but I recommend you to use Partition Assistant Standard Edition, a free, powerful, reliable partition software that enables you to perform basic and advanced partition duties. To create a partition in Windows XP, you'll need to download some sort of third-party partition tools. Step1: Create a partition for Windows 7 under Windows XP In such case, they have to dual boot Windows 7 and XP.īefore installing Windows 7, the first things you need to do are partition your hard drive and create a new partition for Windows 7 installation on your hard drive. At the same time, they aren't ready to give up their Windows XP. Therefore, a number of users want to try Windows 7. Compare to its predecessors, Windows 7 includes many new features, such as advances in touch and handwriting recognition, support for virtual hard disks, improved performance on multi-core processors, improved boot performance, DirectAccess, and kernel improvements. As we know that Windows 7 is the latest release of Microsoft Windows.
