running 6.9 and 7.0 on the same computer

[16yearsjeff]

hello.
i have been running 6.9 with out any problems. i purchased 7.0 to take adantage of the discounted plug ins. i can not run 7.0 and deal with possible problems but i do want to give it a try. i think i can have 6.9 and 7.0 on my computer at the same time???

if so, are there any issues that i should be concerned with?

[tantejo]

hello,
if you're not sure, you can make 2 partitions on your harddisk. 1 with 6.9 and 1 with 7
if 7 failes you can go back to 6.9 on the other partition (startupdisk)
greetings, johan.

[16yearsjeff]

hello,
if you're not sure, you can make 2 partitions on your harddisk. 1 with 6.9 and 1 with 7
if 7 failes you can go back to 6.9 on the other partition (startupdisk)
greetings, johan.

oh really?
i didn'y know that i had to put it on 2 different partitions?
...interesting.

[Rea Engineering]

One problem you may have is that both versions will share the same plug-ins folder, and when you install PT7.x, some of your plug-in updates may not work properly in 6.9. I keep a working b/u system with PT 6.9.2 on an external firewire drive, until I'm sure PT7 is stable enough to rely on, and until I'm sure that all my plugs are compatible.

Roger

[RussUK]

One problem you may have is that both versions will share the same plug-ins folder

Not if you are running it on 2 partitions.