Windows 10: Unable to install windows 10 (dual boot) in win 7 laptop.

Discus and support Unable to install windows 10 (dual boot) in win 7 laptop. in Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade to solve the problem; I have installed windows 7 64 bit now i want to install windows 10 in another hard disk partition because i want dual boot so i can use both win7 and... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade' started by lewisparkesmt, Feb 12, 2017.

  1. Unable to install windows 10 (dual boot) in win 7 laptop.


    I have installed windows 7 64 bit now i want to install windows 10 in another hard disk partition because i want dual boot so i can use both win7 and win10. The problem is, when i try to install win 10 i cant select any drive to install and the error is like "The selected disk has MBR partition table, windows can install only in GPT disk".
    So what is the solution to use both win 7 and win 10 ?

    :)
     
    lewisparkesmt, Feb 12, 2017
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  2. Dual Boot Win 10 Home 64bit and Win 7 Professional 64bit

    I updated my laptop to Win 10 64bit Home from Win 8.1 last year.

    My old desk top currently runs Win 7 Professional 64bit dual booted with XP and will not update to Win 10 due to none compliant CPU.

    I am now considering scrapping the desk top which will leave my current copy of Win 7 Professional redundant.

    Can I install Win 7 Professional on my laptop as a dual boot arrangement with the existing copy of Win 10 Home without having to re-install Win 10 or will it have to be removed and Win 7 installed first?
     
    BrianD_D100, Feb 12, 2017
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  3. 911boss Win User
    Can we try out Windows 10 WITHOUT OBLIGATION?

    1. How do you set up a dual boot to keep Windows 7 and install Windows 10? Will all my installed programs, games, saved documents, & etc. be saved in both operating systems without affecting them?

    2. If I do set up a dual boot to have both Windows 7 and Windows 10 installed to see if I like Windows 10 or not, how do I uninstall Win 10 without affecting Win 7 and everything there (programs, documents, & etc.)?

    3. What is the minimum requirements to have both Win 7 and Win 10 installed on one PC and/0r laptop?
     
    911boss, Feb 12, 2017
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  4. NavyLCDR New Member

    Unable to install windows 10 (dual boot) in win 7 laptop.

    Boot the Windows 10 USB flash drive in legacy BIOS or CSM mode. You are booting it in UEFI mode. Apparently your hard drive is partitioned as MBR which means the computer is booting it in legacy BIOS or CSM mode (CSM is just UEFI emulation of legacy BIOS). When you have the list of boot options up where you select the USB flash drive as the boot source, it should be listed twice. One will say UEFI, and the other will just say USB or something like that. You want to pick the option that does not have UEFI in it.

    If that doesn't work, there are ways to convert the hard drive to GPT and enable it to be booted in UEFI mode.
     
    NavyLCDR, Feb 12, 2017
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