hard drive problems

[Jinggjong]

i have 3 drives

a 500gb wd blue 2.5 in.

a crucial mx-100 128gb

a toshiba 2tb 3.5in

 

my wd came from my brand new dell laptop and has windows 8 installed. havent booted yet

my mx-100 has windows 7 from my desktop on it

 

my question is how would i put windows 7 on the wd blue and windows 8 on the mx-100. would i use the 2tb drive to use a median copying device or what do I do? need a fix a fast as possible. need laptop to work for school.

[CK_WD]

Hello Jinggjong!

 

Do you have Windows 7 and 8 installation disks or a bootable flash drive(s) with them?

You could leave the OSes you already have and create separate partitions on which to install the other OSes.

If you have only one of the Windows copies you could migrate the one you don't have on to a second storage device, and then use your copy of the other Windows to install it on the first storage device.

Or, you could simply do a clean install on both drives.

To start the installation you turn on your PC, let it start Windows normally and insert the disk/bootable flash drive, then shut down, restart, press any key when prompted and then follow the instructions that appear.

 

This would help you with Windows 7, from the Microsoft page:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/installing-reinstalling-windows#1TC=windows-7

 

And this – with Windows 8, again from the Microsoft page:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/clean-install

 

The rules apply generally.

 

Hope I've helped!

Best of luck!

 

CK_WD