Windows 7 - How? -Virtual Machine, Dual Boot

I was using Windows 8 up until yesterday, but I decided to change to Windows 7 because it was recommended and it supports all the necessary software we'll be using.
I though a virtual machine was a natural choice, but then I had difficulty with my COM port which didn't appear in the device manager of the VM. I got desperate
and almost attempted a dual boot, but with dual boots you are supposed to install the earliest OS first! This would mean having to totally uninstall Windows 8.1.
Am I missing something here? What's the easiest way to get Windows 7 up and running on my laptop so that I can use the COM ports and use SSH to connect to mypi?
Thanks for reading,
Kevin

Thanks Clark,
I actually already have the network set up from before, when I was using windows 8.
So I guess I can skip this stage now and just reinstall everything on the new Windows 7 virtual machine.
Thanks again,
Kevin

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