If I remove the hard drive from my computer and replace it with another (new) hard drive (in the same drive bay) will the Windows 7 program automatically begin installing after inserting the disk in the CD/DVD drive?-George

If I remove the hard drive from my computer and replace it with another (new) hard drive (in the same drive bay) will the Windows 7 program automatically begin installing after inserting the disk in the CD/DVD drive?-George

HelloYes it will as long as your CD/DVD is set as the first boot device in the bios or is included in the list of bootable devices

HelloYes it will as long as your CD/DVD is set as the first boot device in the bios or is included in the list of bootable devices

Flight Sim X and my current OS (Windows Vista Ultimate) all reside on a WD Raptor 160GB and I've run out of space! I wanted to do a Win 7 Ultimate Upgrade with the 'custom' install option and advance from 32 to 64 bit but I understand that I'll have to purchase the 'full' edition rather than the 'upgrade' if I'm going to load it on a new hard drive. So that was the reason for my question, i.e. I had to be sure that Win7 would load properly on the new HD. Thanks for your response.-George

Flight Sim X and my current OS (Windows Vista Ultimate) all reside on a WD Raptor 160GB and I've run out of space! I wanted to do a Win 7 Ultimate Upgrade with the 'custom' install option and advance from 32 to 64 bit but I understand that I'll have to purchase the 'full' edition rather than the 'upgrade' if I'm going to load it on a new hard drive. So that was the reason for my question, i.e. I had to be sure that Win7 would load properly on the new HD. Thanks for your response.-George

One more question before I install Win7. If I do the 'custom' upgrade install (mentioned above) does Windows 7 search out and retain any data from the existing hard drive (for inclusion with the new install) before it formats (customizes) the drive? -G

One more question before I install Win7. If I do the 'custom' upgrade install (mentioned above) does Windows 7 search out and retain any data from the existing hard drive (for inclusion with the new install) before it formats (customizes) the drive? -G

The installer for Win7 will look only on the drive it's being installed on for for any old files. Once you have installed Win7 on your new hard drive simply plug in your old drive into the next available sata port on your motherboard and you should be able to see you old files on your old drive. Please note that you will have to re-install all of your apps like Flight Sim but your data for all your old apps will at least will still be the on your old drive.Dan Martin Flight Ontario

The installer for Win7 will look only on the drive it's being installed on for for any old files. Once you have installed Win7 on your new hard drive simply plug in your old drive into the next available sata port on your motherboard and you should be able to see you old files on your old drive. Please note that you will have to re-install all of your apps like Flight Sim but your data for all your old apps will at least will still be the on your old drive.Dan Martin Flight Ontario

Thanks Dan, appreciate the response.-George

If I remove the hard drive from my computer and replace it with another (new) hard drive (in the same drive bay) will the Windows 7 program automatically begin installing after inserting the disk in the CD/DVD drive?-George

As a similar question, I installed W7 on a new drive, and loaded all the FSX programs............but I am not able to boot up the previous two drives which are on XP.........how to I set the bios to have this choice??.........Is there a simple way to do this thru Windows?? not sure I want to mess with the Bios...........thanks for the help, B42L8

As a similar question, I installed W7 on a new drive, and loaded all the FSX programs............but I am not able to boot up the previous two drives which are on XP.........how to I set the bios to have this choice??.........Is there a simple way to do this thru Windows?? not sure I want to mess with the Bios...........thanks for the help, B42L8

1. I don't want to risk furnishing you possible erroneous info related to modifying your BIOS so hopefully someone with more knowledge will respond.2. For those following this thread, a couple of comments on my Win 7 upgrade. The procedure was accomplished with no glitches. I did a Win 7 Home Premium upgrade from Win Vista Ultimate. I had four hard drives installed on the comp and and Win 7 prompted to select one for the new install; no problems followed!3 Following installation, the opening screen after the boot presented the following options (which previously did not exist): a. Windows 7 (this is the default setting that will load automatically unless b. or c. is selected) b. Windows Vista (this was formerly the C: drive) c. Ramdisk Options (I'm not familiar with this function...)4. In addition the lettered designations for each of the installed drives were changed during installation. Win 7 became the new C: and the others followed (the corresponding BIOS Disk numbers were 0 thru 4).5. The only difficulty I had was this morning after adding a new hard drive exclusively for Flight Sim X. The new drive did not appear after clicking on the desk top (Start>Computer). All the other drives were there but not this one. I checked the "System, Devices) and the new HD was there and 'working properly.' I then did a reboot to access the BIOS and the new drive was listed there. After Googling for an hour I found some reference to 'manage devices' and ultimately found that the new HD was 'not initialized'. After following a few instructions, Formatting, etc., the drive is now usable. I was not however, able to select the next sequential drive designator. It should have been 'J' but the next option available (on a drop down menu) was 'N'... So now I'm off to find a good reference for installing FSX on a new drive.-George -

1. I don't want to risk furnishing you possible erroneous info related to modifying your BIOS so hopefully someone with more knowledge will respond.2. For those following this thread, a couple of comments on my Win 7 upgrade. The procedure was accomplished with no glitches. I did a Win 7 Home Premium upgrade from Win Vista Ultimate. I had four hard drives installed on the comp and and Win 7 prompted to select one for the new install; no problems followed!3 Following installation, the opening screen after the boot presented the following options (which previously did not exist): a. Windows 7 (this is the default setting that will load automatically unless b. or c. is selected)b. Windows Vista (this was formerly the C: drive)c. Ramdisk Options (I'm not familiar with this function...)4. In addition the lettered designations for each of the installed drives were changed during installation. Win 7 became the new C: and the others followed (the corresponding BIOS Disk numbers were 0 thru 4).5. The only difficulty I had was this morning after adding a new hard drive exclusively for Flight Sim X. The new drive did not appear after clicking on the desk top (Start>Computer). All the other drives were there but not this one. I checked the "System, Devices) and the new HD was there and 'working properly.' I then did a reboot to access the BIOS and the new drive was listed there. After Googling for an hour I found some reference to 'manage devices' and ultimately found that the new HD was 'not initialized'. After following a few instructions, Formatting, etc., the drive is now usable. I was not however, able to select the next sequential drive designator. It should have been 'J' but the next option available (on a drop down menu) was 'N'... So now I'm off to find a good reference for installing FSX on a new drive.-George Soundl like I have the same situation, three drives and a new one for W7 and FSX.............after a few loading glitches, (all of my making), I now have the FSX running with all the programs and maxed sliders and good FPS, really enjoy this new setup!!............but I stll can't access the two old XP, one with the FS9, but will keep trying to set this up.........I got a link to a program ABCD something, but haven't been able to find it again, if you hear of it, put it in the topic.........thanks, B42L8-