Installing Windows 7 (dual-boot) after having installed Windows 8

Solution 1:

See : How to Dual Boot Windows 8 with Windows 7

This article treats all of the numerous cases that you might encounter when installing Windows 7 if Windows 8 is already installed (very detailed including screenshots), as well as any problems that you might encounter during the installation process.

There is too much material in the above article to summarize it here.

But a word of CAUTION :

  1. Installing Windows 7 may void your warranty.
  2. Installing Windows 7 may render your Windows 8 “Recovery Partition” useless.