Windows 10: Dual boot Win10 and Win 7. Win 10 Hijacks win 7, and won't play nice.

Discus and support Dual boot Win10 and Win 7. Win 10 Hijacks win 7, and won't play nice. in Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade to solve the problem; Hi and good morning. I am a noob with Win 10, and am doing what I can to figure it out. So here's the skinny. Win 7 is the default on Drive C. Win 10... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade' started by Dave1961, Jan 28, 2020.

  1. Dave1961 Win User

    Dual boot Win10 and Win 7. Win 10 Hijacks win 7, and won't play nice.


    Hi and good morning. I am a noob with Win 10, and am doing what I can to figure it out.
    So here's the skinny. Win 7 is the default on Drive C. Win 10 is on Drive D.
    When I boot into win10, it automatically renames the D drive to C and makes itself the default.
    So after a few hours of using 10, to switch back to win 7, I have to reset the boot because win 10 tries to come up first even though it is not default.
    This is excruciatingly annoying. The only reason I have Win 10 is because of An Occulus Rift I got for Christmas!
    (My wife really Loves me...or not)
    Otherwise I would happily Fallout on win 7.
    I searched in vain trying to fix this dilemma.
    Any advice or direction would be appreciated.
    Thanks

    :)
     
    Dave1961, Jan 28, 2020
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  2. MrGenius Win User

    Dual-boot Win10/7 or go back to Win 7

    This^^

    I only use, or recommend, dual boot if a new/separate HD is out of the question. Way less hassle and potential problems.
     
    MrGenius, Jan 28, 2020
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  3. Dual-boot Win10/7 or go back to Win 7

    Separate Hard Drive for win 7 and win 10
    select boot drive at bios when Booting ( F10 )
    Keeps them entirely separate and makes wipeing disk later easier
     
    dorsetknob, Jan 28, 2020
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  4. NdMk2o1o Win User

    Dual boot Win10 and Win 7. Win 10 Hijacks win 7, and won't play nice.

    Dual-boot Win10/7 or go back to Win 7

    That's as I thought hence my thinking dual boot or simply go back to 7.

    I only have an SSD (OS) and 1TB HDD which is my Steam/downloads drive.
     
    NdMk2o1o, Jan 28, 2020
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