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Dual boot: Problem reinstalling W10
I can see there are many posts here about dual boot systems and various problems that can come up. I haven't been able to find info that seems to fit my particular problem, so I'm posting my question:
I need to reinstall W10 on my dual boot W10/W7 desktop because of problems. The routine I've used before to install W10 isn't working this time:
--With the installation DVD in the DVD drive, and temporarily having boot from disk as the first option in the BIOS, I "click any key" to boot from the disk and the W10 window logo comes up as expected.
But then nothing else happens. The progress spinner that should show up below the logo never comes up. I have to abort.
The above is exactly what I've done twice before to install W10. The spinner has always appeared and then I step through the install process including being able to tell it where I want W10 installed.
Because of this install failure, I tried a different method to see what would happen. Instead of trying to boot from the disk, I clicked to execute the install from the DVD after I had W7 up and running. The expected windows were popping up, user agreement et al. BUT I was afraid to go beyond the screen I'm posting a screenshot of. It's the last window before "install" -- As per the info I've read online I'm thinking that if I click to proceed from there, W10 will install itself on top of my W7 partition without asking me where I want it to install.
Is that correct? Or am I wrong, and it's actually safe to go past this window because the installer will see that this is a multi-partition computer system?
My understanding is that the only way to get the "Where do you want to install?" window is by booting from the disk which gives you completely different installation windows. But, as I said at the top, for some unknown reason that isn't working this time.
Ideas? Is there yet another way to use my disk and reinstall W10 where I want?
RB