Install Windows 8 in parallel with Windows 7

To experience Windows 8 product key, many of you choose to install on the virtual machine. However, direct installation to a separate partition gives you more comfort when using it.
With a machine running Windows 7, you can install Windows 8 RTM (which is sent by Microsoft office 2017 product key to manufacturers) to a separate partition and run both versions of the operating system in parallel. This.
Firstly, to prepare for the installation process, you need to download the * .ISO file of Windows 8 RTM (32-bit version) and install a virtual drive application on the current Windows 7, such as Daemon. Tools, Magic ISO, UltraISO ...
Next, you create a separate partition to install Windows 8 RTM, then perform the installation as you would with any version of Windows.
Create separate partition for Windows 8 RTM
To install Windows 8 RTM, you should create a new partition with at least 20GB. Right on Windows 7 ultimate product key, you can create new partitions by splitting from a large disk space. First, right-click My Computer> select Manager> click the Disk Management tab. At this point, the available partitions on the computer will be displayed, right-click on the partition
To divide, select Shrink Volume ...> enter the volume for the new partition you want to create in the Enter the amount of space to shrink in MB.

Note: This size must be greater than 20GB and must be less than the maximum size displayed in the Size of available space box in MB. Finished, press Shrink to Windows initialize the new partition.
Wait a minute, the newly created partition is displayed in the list of drive partitions on the computer, right click on this partition> select Format to NTFS standard format and name it arbitrary.

Install Windows 8 RTM from the virtual drive
You can use any virtual drive software to read the contents of Windows 8 RTM installation files in * .ISO format. After successfully installing the virtual drive, right-click on the virtual drive in My Computer> select Mount> just the path to the * .ISO file of the Windows 8 RTM you downloaded earlier. Then, access the drive on the> activate setup.exe file to start installing Windows 8 RTM.

Note: In addition to creating a virtual drive, you can also extract the contents of * .ISO files to a separate directory on your hard drive (using WinRAR), then perform the same installation as using the drive. virtual disk in the article.
The installation interface appears, you make the necessary settings and settings. At the installation step, click on Custom Installation. When you want to install Windows 8 partition, you select the partition just created above> Next> Install. At this point, the necessary files will be copied to the computer and rebooted.

After the boot, two options are displayed on the screen: Windows Setup and Windows 7, you choose Windows Setup to continue installation. The rest of the program will take place automatically, such as copying installation data, identifying hardware devices ... Completed installation, you already have a computer running two operating systems Windows 7 and Windows 8 RTM.