Windows 10/Windows 7 Dual Boot.

Hi,

Thanks for that. I've used it before but not on a UEFI based system yet. I'll give it another shot then.

Cheers,

Okies, to clarify, I should be fine if I partition off a section of my windows 10 hard drive and install windows 7 on it.? I do have a back up drive if anything goes wrong (A drive a ghosted windows 10 onto after I finished installing everything... which I will probably update before I attempt this).

Snake3169 said:

Okies, to clarify, I should be fine if I partition off a section of my windows 10 hard drive and install windows 7 on it.? I do have a back up drive if anything goes wrong (A drive a ghosted windows 10 onto after I finished installing everything... which I will probably update before I attempt this).

Yes. Just be sure to pick the empty partition to install Windows 7 to and not your Windows 10 partition! I like to use MiniTool Partition Wizard Free for resizing/moving my partitions.

Thanks! I do have one concern that I posted in one of the other sections of this forum.. it has to do with resizing partitions.. It is under the hardware/driver section of this forums. I think I made a booboo earlier

Hard Drive Space loss after expanding partition - Windows 10 Forums

Did everything go well during the installation of your win 7?
I am in the same situation, I have win 10 and I would like to install win 7 in dual boot.
I created the USB bootable for win 7 and I can boot from it but when the screen of loading files finish the computer freezes.
Do you have any suggestion?

genet said:

You can install Windows 7 to the same hard drive or to another hard drive.

After the installation you can choose an operating system to start (see screenshot below).



When you are in Windows 10, open Command Prompt (Admin) and type: bcdboot %windir%

If you want the Windows 8/10 style dual boot page (see screenshots below).

Genet, this is brilliant and so clearly explained. Everyone else says it can't be done but I followed your clear instructions and it is quite straightforward. I have referred to your solution in my question here: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/w...=1453195687193

Hello there.
Im trying to do a dual boot install,i installed windows 10 first and now i want to install windows 7 on a different ssd. But i run into problems, i have created a bootable usb install with rufus(GPT partition for Uefi) and i manage to boot up from the usb stick, but when i select the drive i want to install windows 7 on i get this message 0x80300024, is it possible to fix this without disconnecting any drives ?

Rallyket said:

Hello there.
Im trying to do a dual boot install,i installed windows 10 first and now i want to install windows 7 on a different ssd. But i run into problems, i have created a bootable usb install with rufus(GPT partition for Uefi) and i manage to boot up from the usb stick, but when i select the drive i want to install windows 7 on i get this message 0x80300024, is it possible to fix this without disconnecting any drives ?

I finally managed to install windows 7 after making the bootable usb drive with rufus(MBT for Bios or Uefi and Fat32)
But when i get the bootmenu to choose between windows 7 and windows 10 and i choose windows 7 i get a error message up that it cant boot. What can i do to fix it ?

Rallyket said:

I finally managed to install windows 7 after making the bootable usb drive with rufus(MBT for Bios or Uefi and Fat32)
But when i get the bootmenu to choose between windows 7 and windows 10 and i choose windows 7 i get a error message up that it cant boot. What can i do to fix it ?

I found out the problem, and the problem was secure boot in the bios. I turned it off and it worked.