> Try using IDE disk type for the VM.
I dont agree. LSI-SAS is fine.
Make sure lsi-sas driver is enable in registry - you just need to set start to 0 in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\lsi-sas
And yes - you need both partitions.
Running Win7 in a dualboot config usually works very easy - but you will run into activation problems - so think twice if you want to do it
