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Default Trying to install windows 7 from one partition to another
as the title says

we have the install files on a 5 gig primary partition

can we boot from that and install to the remaining space on the drive?

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as the title says

we have the install files on a 5 gig primary partition

can we boot from that and install to the remaining space on the drive?
No, it all has to be on one partition. If you need to resize you can use a program like partition magic to resize the current partition.

If you want to install 7 on another partition (ie install stuff on one and the actual OS on another) using the one you currently have, that's a different story.
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well the drive has 2 partitions (tahts what i meant)

can i install from the smaller partition to the larger one? (dorry i explained myself badly)

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you can use a cloning program to copy the partition to the larger one, but it would be easier to just shrink the spare volume and expand the current partition.
that way you won't have any chance of messing up bootmgr/bcd
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I think you should be able to. (dorry)
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