Windows 7 Beta Users, Beware!

If you tried out Windows 7, you probably didn't want to get rid of XP/Vista. But Windows 7 (like Vista) won't allow you to install two versions of Windows on one partition. The answer, in that case, is to resize your current partition, and creat a new one. This function is unavailable through the Windows 7 setup, which means your going to be using 3rd party software to do it. This is where the problem starts. After you've created your new partition and installed Windows 7, it will work perfectly. But not all good things last. You will start getting corrupt disk notifications and programs will stop functioning properly. Then, the next time your start up Windows 7, it will run a chkdsk and delete files it needs to operate (ironic, eh?) and then it will be unusable. To avoid this, make your new partition and then unistall any third-party file manging apps you used.