Windows 10: Dual boot Win 9 preview and Win 8

That's why I went with the hybrid, 'cause I'm thinking it will run a little faster than a standard HDD.

I really would like to get an SSD sometime, but that will probably be next summer. *Wink

 

Since Win 9 preview should be out by end of next Month I am just going to remove Win 7 and replace it with Win 9 with a dual boot. I am assuming the procedure will be the same as I did with Win 8. Open the Sources folder in Win 9 and use that Setup. I followed this Tutorial when I setup my current dual-boot. I am curious what the new Windows Boot Manager will look like.

http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials...sta.html?ltr=D

Jim :arg:

 

I don't have nothing against VMs, but I like to test alphas and betas in "bare metal". I have an SSD for main OS, a 750GB HDD for other OSes and a 2TB HDD for general storage.

 

I too will be dual booting as I've always have. I've got a partition ready to go that 8RP was on, then had 8 Enterprise Preview until it expired.

"Bare metal" is best I think too. Besides, I don't think a VM will run on this old Acer with 2GBs, which is maxed out. This Acer is 7 years old and it's been a surprisingly good machine. I think I'm stretching my luck with it. Hopefully building one this winter. *Smile

 

Bare metal here too...

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I have an older 128 Gb Kinsgton HyperX SSD waiting and ready to install the Windows 9 Preview on. With the luxury of having 3 SSDs I can have Windows 7, 8 & 9 installed on separate disks and use the 1 time boot menu in system bios to load whichever OS I want to run.

 

Nice set up!

 

If I like Windows 9 I have the idea to go dual boot 7 and 9 on separate drives on my main rig *Smile

 

That's an ideal way to go. And an even better idea is to have a separate drive for data storage. So even if both of your OSes went kaput , your data is safe in an isolated drive.

 

Thanks! works for me when I want to install another OS on another SSD. I try not to dual boot on the same hard drive as much as possible. I just pull all the other hard drive trays out or switch the power off. My 4 drives also have an individual power switch in the back.

 

Hey that's great, where did you fund it ?

 

Wow,,, Now that I got my system set up with a new HDD what to do??
Well,,, I'll do the initial test in a VM just to do a quick tire kick then I'll dual boot it in
a partition that I'll set up today. I think around 50GB should be more than enough for testing.

When Win9 comes out for sale.. :hmm:. I want a new HDD, WD 500GB Black and use the current one for backup.
Yup.. that should work.

Jeff *Smile

 

Ebay... Here: Four Channel SATA Device HDD Power Switch | eBay

 

And you had to get last one eh ?

 

I like the look of that. *Wink