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Rebuild and eliminate dual boot at same time
I have a computer that is a few years old and in need of a rebuild, by which I mean reformat the disk and reinstall everything.
The issue is that this computer is currently a dual boot arrangement with Windows 7 first then Windows 10, Creators Upgrade. I want the end result to be Windows 10 only.
I am concerned that since the boot record resides on the Windows 7 OS since it was installed first, that there might be some unforeseen issue when I reinstall Windows 10 and expect it to create its own boot record. I don’t think this will happen but I am concerned nevertheless.
The process I am going to follow is to (1) back up everything, (2) reformat the complete disk removing the partitions that are there. With the nice clean formatted disk, (3) create new partitions for the OS and the data and (4) do a clean install of the Windows 10 OS. Then (5) reinstall all programs and (6) data. I am hoping that I can get a Windows 10 Media Creation tool to reinstall my Windows 10 and somehow that it will recognize that it is properly authenticated on this machine and all will be well.
Is there any fault in my thinking or am I correct in thinking that there may be some issues? Is the brief process that I outlined correct? Any suggestions?
Thank you all,
SR