Windows 10: Am I Crazy? Dual Boot 7 Pro & 8.1 or 10?

Discus and support Am I Crazy? Dual Boot 7 Pro & 8.1 or 10? in Windows 10 Support to solve the problem; Thank You Sir, I guess this leaves me with the quandary of whether to upgrade the home version of 8.1 to 10 home or eventually, when school is done,... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Support' started by windoz, Oct 13, 2015.

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  1. COUNTMIKE
    CountMike New Member

    Am I Crazy? Dual Boot 7 Pro & 8.1 or 10?


    Just remember one thing, W10 free upgrade offer is good only till July 29th next year. Make sure your W10 is activated on that machine and do not revert to the Windows you upgraded from.
     
    CountMike, Oct 13, 2015
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  2. NAVYLCDR
    NavyLCDR New Member

    Why can't he revert back? Reverting back does not remove the activation entitlement from the MS activation servers.

    I would modify the plan a little bit:

    1. Wipe everything, clean install Windows 7 Pro.
    2. Create partition and install Windows 8.1 Home.
    3. When all that is solid and setup, make a system image to a second (either installed or external) hard drive using Macrium Reflect Free.
    4. Upgrade Windows 7 Pro to Windows 10 Pro - make sure it activates. This pushes a Windows 10 Pro activation entitlement to the MS activation servers. Whether or not you actually use it - it will be there if you choose to.
    5. If you want to keep Windows 7 Pro for now, then revert back to Windows 7 - or restore that partition from your Macrium Reflect Free image.
    6. If desired, upgrade the Windows 8.1 Home to Windows 10 home.

    When that is all said and done, you can legally run 1 of three combinations:
    Windows 7 Pro + Windows 8.1 Home
    Windows 7 Pro + Windows 10 Home
    Windows 10 Pro + Windows 8.1 Home

    You should also have the ability to clean install any of the 4 operating systems:
    Windows 7 Pro
    Windows 8.1 Home
    Windows 10 Home
    Windows 10 Pro
     
    NavyLCDR, Apr 4, 2018
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