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Just like to thank-you for the excellent tutorial.
Too bad I didn't find this before I tried a dual boot system with a completely clean install of win 10 to a new hard drive.
I bit the bullet (installing a dual boot windows 10 from within windows 7 using a dvd iso) and it fired. I simply want the win 7 OS and not pay the thousands of dollars (yet) for other upgraded software. The next mistake was not disconnecting my other drives which doesn't seem to matter at this point. Doh, lol.
I now have two different problems. The first, when booting, I get two options for booting, windows 7 or windows 7 recovery. Windows 7 works, but windows 7 recovery (which was not there before the attempted win 10 install) does nothing but leave a blank screen for hours, days.
Second, win 10 will only boot when the win 10 dvd is in the drive. This gives me a dual boot option as well, win 10 or win 7 recovery.
I'm just hoping that you can advise me wisely, lol.
I assume I'll have to boot into win 7 and remove the win 7 recovery option. While there, reformat the drive intended for the win 10 installation.
At this point, place the win 10 dvd in the dvd writer and shut down. Turn off the power, unplug all the other drives with the exception of the win 7 OS.
Turn the power back on, boot from the win 10 dvd and select the custom install and do the clean install to the new drive.
Thank-you for your help and any corrections you deem necessary on my plan of attack on a dual boot/clean install.
Mike