If I installed Windows 7 on a partition, and later instead of formatting, I just deleted everything on that partition, would that work? Or is there something else I would need to do. Only reason I ask is because all my music is on that partition, and if I end up not liking Windows 7, I have no where to put my music (50gb+) when I format it. Sorry if this is bad explanation.
Edit: Typo
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hmm...depends. if the partition is on a HDD where also your main system is located (XP for example) the MBR will be overwritten with the Windows7 bootloader, I don't know if Windows7 recognizes other OSs on the HDD and creates a boot entry in the menu for that automatically (I just have tested W7 on an extra HDD yet).
actually I doubt W7 does this, so you will have to run fixmbr if you want to get back to the other OS on the HDD:
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/docu ... x?mfr=true
but if W7 is installed on its own HDD it should be no problem, all you have to do is to edit the boot settings in BIOS so that the W7 HDD is not checked.
actually I doubt W7 does this, so you will have to run fixmbr if you want to get back to the other OS on the HDD:
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/docu ... x?mfr=true
but if W7 is installed on its own HDD it should be no problem, all you have to do is to edit the boot settings in BIOS so that the W7 HDD is not checked.
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well, it seems to be possible, personally I have never done it so I can't say if it really works or not.
it also seems to be not that simple, take a look here:
http://www.ngine.de/article/id/8
booting from USB itself should be no problem, I guess any of the modern mainboards support it, simply have a look at the boot options in BIOS...
it also seems to be not that simple, take a look here:
http://www.ngine.de/article/id/8
booting from USB itself should be no problem, I guess any of the modern mainboards support it, simply have a look at the boot options in BIOS...