Windows 10: Dual Boot Windows 10 with Windows 7 or Windows 8

this tutorial will help you run windows 10 startup repair. That being one way to fix your boot problem.
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/2...dows-10-a.html

 

Well none of that worked. I even tried Vista boot Pro, The Recovery etc. I think I will just stay with Windows 7 until 10 becomes final. I now know what to expect. I wiped the drive and all is well.

 

I just went back to the way I ran 10 before. on a separate hot swap disk.

 

Alternative suggestion:

Gary, are any of your hard drives large enough to partition? One of my older laptops has a 320 GB hard drive; the other one has a 500 GB hard drive and this desktop has a 1 TB hard drive. On each one, I've installed Windows 8.1 as my primary. Once 8.1 was installed, I partitioned the hard drive to approximately half and half. Then, following this tutorial, https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/2...ndows-8-a.html create a dual boot system.

It's much easier the second and third time you do it than the first. It's workable and you can boot into whichever OS you need to.

 

Hey Wynona, your link is to the same thread you posted the link in (this one). I end up going in circles *Smile

 

Oh, did I already do that? It's hard to keep up when I'm following several threads. *Sad

 

Thanks Wynona, yes all of my drives are 1TB , but I really do not want to dual boot. I really do not know yet for sure if I am going to use Windows 10. It is about 50-50 after this mess with Build 10049.

 

Your choice, of course. I would advise you to at least try it each time a new build comes out. My thinking is that it will get better and better as time goes by.

I'm not gonna tell you it's a Technical Preview. *Smile It's my belief that if folks don't know it's a TP by now, there's no use trying to tell 'em at this stage of the game. *Smile

 

Looked through the thread, but haven't seen this issue. I'm attempting to install Win10Preview from USB, using /sources/Setup.exe, to a new partition (T: ) on my second SSD:





After Setup checks for updates, I'm greeted with this screen (which, of course, I don't see in the tutorial):





Pretty sure I don't want the first option (which I think would overwrite my Win 8.1 installation), but unsure if the second will do what I want, either.

Guidance appreciated!

 

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/1...n-install.html
Try step 8 and 9. From what you said so far this is what you want to do. Just be positive that you select the T drive. I always write down how much space is in the partition I want to install in. If not sure keep asking?

 

Almost: It's step 8. *Smile Dunno how I missed that the first time; must have scrolled past or got browser tabs confused. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction, Charlie!

 

Ucla
Welcome to 10Forums and Good luck with your install. *Biggrin

 

I followed the instructions and my Windows 10 label is E: Windows 7 is C: . I used a partition on the same disk.

 

Hello Gary,

Normally, whatever OS you are currently running will have it's drive/partition as C.

If you boot into Windows 10, does it show as C?

 

No it shows as E: