Fastest way to install windows 8 with windows 7 or vice versa

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Hi
How much time did it take for you install windows 8 on your pc as a dual boot? It took me 5m56s!!!
The only difference between you all and me would be the method via which we installed. This method does requires legal windows 8 copy or the one which you re installing. This process is far better than installing by booting from cd.
In this method, we use the install.wim of windows installation to install windows. I found this because i was actually preparing for a project on wim images on school. Basically, windows installer also uses the install.wim file to install windows. It was first introduced in windows vista i believe and from then, the trend continued. WIM stands for Windows Imaging Format. . These images are also used in one key recovery for the factory backup. These images can be managed by dism comand line and imagex tool
I know that i have been dragging it for a bit long, so lets start then. It can be done by two programs, gimagex or imagex. The differnce between the two is that imagex works on command line only but the gimagex is like an imagex with user interface-much easier. So, we would use gimagex here, download from below
http://www.autoitscript.com/site/autoit-tools/gimagex/
So lets move into the steps
Insert the windows 8/windows 7 dvd or mount the respective iso.
Clear a partition for the new os
Run gimagex, go to the info tab. Select the image file there. Navigate to the setup directory and enter the soruces folder. Then select the install.wim file and then pressget info. It would display the os version it has. See the index number after the title of the version name.
Select the source first. The source is the install.wim image. Navigate to the setup directory and enter the soruces folder. Then select the install.wim file. 
Now select the destination. Select the drive which you cleaned for the installation of the os. Then choose the index number of the os version you want to install.
Click apply and then it would be a matter of 5-6 minutes.
After the process is finished, dont reboot. Now, you have to install Easy Bcd since the windows 8 installation wont be registered in the bot configuration data. Download from here. Just download the non-commercial free copy of the software. Instal it and then run. Go to add new entry, select windows 8/7 and name it as windows 8 and lastly select the drive leter in the drive it was installed and press add entry.
Now it is the time to reboot. You would see windows 8 in the boot menu. Boot into it.
Setup windows 8 and download the drivers from here before hand.
With the help of this, you will be able to easily dual boot windows 8 and windows 7 without messing up anything. This is by far the easiest and fasted method to install windows i have witnessed till now
If you want to clean( only kep one os) install, you will have to use imagex in windows pe mode or in cmd in windows 8 install disk.
After these proesses, i cannot assure if one key reocvery would work, so make backup before hand.
And if you have any questions, feel free to ask
Hope this helps
Regards
Ishaan Ideapad Y560(i3 330m), Hp Elitebook 8460p!(i5-2520M) Hp Pavilion n208tx(i5-4200u)
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Ishaan Ideapad Y560(i3 330m), Hp Elitebook 8460p!(i5-2520M) Hp Pavilion n208tx(i5-4200u)
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