Installing second OS on TrueCrypt encrypted disk

Installing second OS on TrueCrypt encrypted disk "I have a machine running Vista 64bit and disk with three partitions fully encrypted with TrueCrypt. I want to install Windows 7 as my second OS, but i'm not sure if this would work because of disk encryption."
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"It is possible, I've had Windows XP and Ubuntu with TrueCrypt on my home PC. Never had any experience with Vista or Windows 7, but this fellow did it, so it's possible.

You will have to decrypt both the system partition and partition where you are going to install Windows 7. Go to ""System > Permanently decrypt system partition / drive"" menu and then follow the instructions in the wizard. If I remember it right, there wasn't any way to decrypt non-system partition, so you can just format it. After that, install Windows 7 and encrypt both system partitions again.

It's a bit cumbersome, but there is no other way :]"