Afraid to test Windows 10

Thanks for giving us a chance to see what's coming.
I just had a new computer built. It has a Gigabyte mb and I am
running Windows 7 pro 64-bit with all the updates installed.
I have 2 HDs in the computer. Drive A is Windows 7 and drive B
is Windows 10. In the techs shop we had both hds connected.
The computer then had a hissy. Evidently Windows 10 and the mb
or Windows 7 and Windows 10 with the Gigabyte mb don't get
along very well. I am guessing here.
To solve the problem we disconnected the Windows 10 hd. After the
tech did his thing then the computer was ok. I still am in the process
of installing all my goodies on the computer and haven't fired up 10
as yet. I understand that this mb will dual boot. So as not to loose
all the work I have done on Windows 7, I will 1st back up Windows 7.
Then unplug Windows 7 and plug in Windows 10 to see what happens.
I am leery of plugging both drives in at this point.
This is a temporary problem. If Windows 10 doesn't start looking
like Windows 8, I will have only one HD in the computer. Windows 10.

Sure could use some expert advice. Preferably one with a Gigabyte mb.

hello, iam no expert but I do have a gigabyte board and iam duel booting win8.1 and win10,but on the same hardrive with out any issues when win10 was installed it likely took over the MBR or boot info[or what ever its called now] from win7

Thanks Caperjack for responding.
Am I right that the gigabyte mb gives the option to which OS you
want to use hardware wise??
Maybe it's the combination of Windows 7 and Windows 10 that caused
my problem......

Thanks Vladimir.
I am using 9879.
I think it's some problem with Windows 7 and Windows 10 and the MBR.
Guessing

Thanks guys for your replies.
To: Alphanumeric
The Tech installed Windows 7 Pro 64-bit
The computer froze when Windows 7 and Windows 10 were plugged in.

To: Wightwalker
I have no idea if the computer is using GPT. I would assume it's MBR.
I have no idea how to install GPT if I need to do that.

Hi there

Forget DUAL BOOTING these days - it's a waste of time and invariably leads to tears and frustrations - especially if you want to alter HDD geometry / convert to GPT / convert back to MBR, re-size partitions, etc etc.

Why not simply run W10 as a Virtual machine (VMware player is Free --you can't use HYPER-V on a W7 Host).

These days - unless you need to really get right into the hardware modern virtualisation techniques will run pretty well everything (including a lot of multi-media , 3D acceleration and video, and even some quite intensive games) .

There's no need to dual boot any more - that's Dinosaur technology.

If you are intending your rig as a specialized gaming rig then that's a different matter but for 99.9% of other uses virtualisation has come a LONG way - even in the last couple of years --it's simple to use and great for testing the OS without needing to re-boot your HOST.

Plenty of instructions and help on the Virtualisation section of the Forum (and on W7 / W8 forums too for particular problems setting up virtualisation when running those OS'es as Hosts or even VM's).

Cheers
jimbo