Windows 10: Reinstalling Dual Boot System - Maybe

No hurry in answering my questions. I probably won't get to it until late tomorrow . . . that is if I'm not too exhausted from all the stress. *Smile

 

It's amazing, Edwin, how easy it is once I figured out how to read the 'structions. *Smile

 

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On a clean install I delete all partitions except my Data partition where my pictures and music etc is. On my laptop it will have the extra EFI partition as it has UEFI BIOS. Windows will just recreate the ones it needs during the install. I do it all from Windows during the install, I just select advanced to get the option to the disk tools and the option to delete partitions. What boot menu you get may depend on what OS you set as default. Example, if you were dual booting with Windows 7 and set it as default, you'd get the older Windows 7 style boot menu. Switch it to Windows 8 and after a reboot it toggles over to the Windows 8 boot menu. I think that's how it went. Haven't dual booted in a long time. Dual booting 8 and 10 you may not even see a difference. It used to be install the oldest OS first, not sure that still applies though.

 

When you BOOT with Win 8 media you get options to kill or change all the partitions, You can define a partition to W8 and leave the other for Win 10 when you start installing it. Just make sure you install 10 on right partition and go for New Installation and not Upgrade.

 

Speaking of which, Rufus does work with Windows 8 on a flash drive? Build it just the same as Windows 10?

I'm about ready to get this ball rolling down the hillside.

 

I just do it with Diskpart, works with UEFI and legacy BIOS.

 

WooHoo! Guess what, Guess what!? I finally got rid of Sear.ch!

I uninstalled Firefox, Chrome and Opera, then deleted their folders. Chrome refused to delete, so I won't reinstall that until I'm signed on as Admin. I'm not going to reinstall Opera simply because I don't need it. Reinstalling Firefox went well and Sear.ch is gone. IE got rid of it easily and I don't understand how it happened, but I'll accept it. *Smile

So, tomorrow I'm going to just do a reinstall of Build 10074. I was just too tired to do it today and I'm still tired. These things wear me out anymore. *Sad

BTW, Hubby's cataract surgery went well and he's all ready for bed with his eye patch and a round empty pin cushion taped to his right side to keep him from rolling over to that side.

 

Glad to hear your hubby surgery went well.. hope he gets well soon.
Jeff