How to install Windows 7 on x86 and x64?

Question

Windows

Greetings, tell me if anyone had experience installing x86 and x64 editions on a laptop at the same time? That is, on 2 different logical drives.
Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Are there any problems? Classic dual block.

Answer 2

If you need to work, it's easier to install 64 and a virtual machine

Answer 3

It is possible to install the system not on a real partition, but in a VHD file located on a real partition
www.google.com/search?q=windows+vhd+install
Thus, it is easy to assemble the following configuration:
on a real partition there are two VHDs with both editions of wine 7 .
Virtual machine managers are installed on both systems (in my case, VirtualBox)
At any time, it is possible to either reboot and select another system to boot, or boot the second system in a virtual machine (that is, in both combinations: host - 32bit, guest - 64 bit , and vice versa).
The only subtlety is that after installing systems in VHD, there is no bootmgr on virtual partitions, which prevents them from booting in a virtual environment.
There are many ways to solve this
www.google.com/search?q=bootmgr+%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0% BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5+OR+recover
As a result, for a "real" boot, a boot manager from a real partition with such settings is used, and boot managers on VHD partitions are no different from the "one real" configuration. partition, one system per partition."
Загрузка Windows
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идентификатор {xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx}
device vhd=[D:]\Seven64.vhd
path \Windows\system32\winload.exe
description Seven64 Ent VHD
locale ru-RU
inherit {bootloadersettings}
recoverysequence {xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx}
recoveryenabled Yes
osdevice vhd=[D:]\Seven64.vhd
systemroot \Windows
resumeobject {xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx}
nx OptOut
sos Yes
Загрузка Windows
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идентификатор {current}
device vhd=[D:]\Seven32.vhd
path \Windows\system32\winload.exe
description Seven32 Ent VHD
locale en-us
inherit {bootloadersettings}
osdevice vhd=[D:]\Seven32.vhd
systemroot \Windows
resumeobject {zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz}
nx OptOut
pae ForceEnable
nolowmem Yes
sos Yes


Answer 4

Yes, the usual classic version, it will be even easier than HP + win7 on one machine

Answer 5

And why x86 seven? Am I the only one who has not encountered applications that do not work on x64?

Answer 6

I faced. I installed sevens of both architectures on one machine along with XP of both, again, architectures. Everyone felt fine.