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How should I double boot Win 8.1 & Win 10 when it comes out?
Hi!
I have a laptop with Windows 8.1 and I'm very happy w/ Win 8.1 but will like to install Win 10 final version when it comes out June 29th or LATER. I'm not comfortable doing an upgrade on Win 8.1 since this is my only computer and I have quite alot of data and programs. I will backup my data and programs installed and maybe do an image.
My idea is to partition my only drive on the laptop and install Win 10 on the second partition then hopefully doubleboot Win 8.1 and Win 10.
I will like to create a LOCAL USER Account (which I saw in one of the tutorials you posted with Win 10 preview which is very helpful.
My laptop has Win 8.1 as OEM and I have gotten the MS WindowsOS code from the BIOS, would I be able to do a clean install of Win 10 on the second partition?
Is there any recommended free programs that I can use to partition the drive and have no problem installing Win 10?
If after 6mo-1yr I feel comfortable with Win 10 then I will probably boot into Win 10 then erase the Win 8.1 partition and merge the partitions ending only with Win 10.
What happens with the recovery partition that is already installed from the manufacturer to restore Win 8.1? If I run into trouble booting Win 10 will that trigger the recovery partition of Win 8.1 to erase Win 10 and re-install Win 8.1?
Is it possible to have 2 recovery partitions one for Win 8.1 and one for Win 10 and each OS will know what to repair?
I like to hear from people that have experience with dual booting WinOS since I'm a neewbie
Toshiba laptop
i7 core , 2.4GHz
64bit OS
8Gb of RAM
HDD 750Gb
Thanks!