Speaking of Windows 10, does anyone here know how to stop the
incredibly persistent and annoying 'upgrade to Windows 10' message
that pops up constantly on my (not studio) laptop?
Thanks,
Floyd...
On 12/22/15, D!J!X! <megamansuperior@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
You would have to install Windows 7 first and then install 10 on a separatePLEASE READ THIS FOOTER AT LEAST ONCE!
drive.
There are various ways to do this, some which eliminate more problems than
others.
Whatever you do, I wouldn’t recommend installing them on the same drive with
2 partitions; windows 10 makes various changes that on any given update
could cause windows 7 to be unhappy or not boot; MS is trying to shub
windows 10 down everybody’s throat, so they can meet their target of
userbase. They’re just unhappy that Apple is giving away free copies of
their OS and are doing quite well still, and it has actually increased their
ecosystem. This is what MS is now trying to get, people to fall into their
ecosystem; windows PC, windows phone, Xbox for the livingRoom etc.
Anyways, you could install windows 7 on 1 drive, and while that drive is
online, install windows 10 on a second drive. The point is to let windows 10
installer access the win 7 drive during install, so it can create an entry
for windows 10 in the boot partition/loader.
This works, however note that any changes made to the master boot record or
EFI partition could cause 1 or both OS to not boot, since they are sharing
the same MBR/EFI.
My setup when doing tests and dualboots for testing is to use the
motherboard BIOS/UEFI to do it.
In this case I just ad a second drive, take my main drive offline, and
install the OS I’m testing on it’s own drive with its own boot partition, as
if it was a fresh install, which in essence it is. Now, when I want to boot
that OS, I just select the drive that Has the OS on it at boot from the
quick boot menu. This let’s me test the OS, reinstall as many times as I
need to with no risk of messing up boot records or EFI on my main drive, and
the 2 OS’s never touch each other since there’s nothing linking them. This
is how I will be testing win 10 in the near future, once I can get a spare
SSD to put in my DAW.
If you are going to have them share a single boot partition, you MUST
install the older OS first. So it would require a reinstall of windows 10.
For those who are using laptops and can’t use multiple drives, you might
not have any other choice but to partition and install that way, however be
very careful and make constant backups of Important data.
HTH, D!J!X!
From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Phil Muir
Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2015 9:41 AM
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Windows 10 Classic Theme
Wouldn't recommend it. Seem to remember seeing posts about this on the
MIDIMag list. Something about Windows 10 checking hard disks. I know some
folks are running systems with drives that can be popped out. Duel booting
could still be an option although haven't had a chance to explore this as an
option personally. What do you think DJX?
On 22 December 2015 14:32:17 GMT+00:00, Roger Baccus <rogerbaccus@xxxxxxxxx
<mailto:rogerbaccus@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote:
How complicated is it to have a multiboot system with Windows 7 installed
after Windows 10 is already in place? Maybe that is the way I should go. Are
there any drawbacks to this idea?
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