Windows 10: Dual Booting Windows 10 and Windows 7

Discus and support Dual Booting Windows 10 and Windows 7 in Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade to solve the problem; I have recently installed W 10 as dual boot with W7.W10 is working fine.However while there is no problem from restart from W7 to W10,restarting from... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade' started by Partha, Nov 1, 2014.

  1. Partha Win User

    Dual Booting Windows 10 and Windows 7


    I have recently installed W 10 as dual boot with W7.W10 is working fine.However while there is no problem from restart from W7 to W10,restarting from W10 to W7 starts diskcheck for all partitions.Sometimes a dark screen (with disk activity visible) could be seen .Rebooting again diskcheck started.

    Request assistance to solve this.

    :)
     
    Partha, Nov 1, 2014
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  2. gscosta Win User

    Dual Boot Change from Windows 8.1 & 7 to Windows 10 & 7

    I have a dual boot Windows 8.1 and Windows 7.

    (1) Is it possible to have a triple boot Windows 10, Windows 8.1 and Windows 7?

    (2) If not, can I just upgrade the Windows 8.1 to Windows 10 to have a dual boot Windows 10 and Windows 7? Or do I have to do the normal dual boot set-up?
     
    gscosta, Nov 1, 2014
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  3. How do I restore dual boot capability after Windows 10 clean install removed it

    My computer was dual-boot with Windows 7 boot partitions on two separate drives. After upgrading to Windows 10, the dual boot provision worked fine. However after a clean install of Windows 10, dual-boot capability is no longer available. The boot partition
    for the remaining Windows 7 syBistem is intact. Only the dual boot option is gone.

    I tried the changing the default operating system under System Properties/Advanced/Startup and Recovery, but the only choice is Windows 10. Windows 7 isn't a option. I'm guessing that the clean Windows 10 install wiped out access to the dual-boot menu.

    Thanks.

    Bill
     
    B_Phillips, Nov 1, 2014
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  4. unifex Win User

    Dual Booting Windows 10 and Windows 7

    I have noticed that a while ago, with W8. The way I go around it (as I don't know what the real problem is) is to install W10 on a separate drive with all other drives disconnected. This way in order to switch to the secondary OS I need to use the BIOS - I press F8 (I have an ASUS motherboard) at boot to get to the menu where I can choose the drive to boot from. In that setup the disk check does not appear unless I take ownership of a drive or make any other significant changes.
     
    unifex, Nov 1, 2014
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  5. pbcopter Win User
    Windows 10 (Windows 8 also) has a mode called Fast Startup. This causes the hard drives be put into a state that Windows 7 does not understand, hence the chkdsk.

    See this tutorial to turn Fast Startup off.

    Fast Startup - Turn On or Off in Windows 8
     
    pbcopter, Nov 1, 2014
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  6. Partha Win User
    Thank you very much.the problem is solved.
     
    Partha, Nov 2, 2014
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  7. pbcopter Win User
    You're welcome. Glad to have helped.
     
    pbcopter, Apr 4, 2018
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