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Discussion in 'Windows 10' started by EL CONJUNTO, 2014/10/03.

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    EL CONJUNTO

    EL CONJUNTO Well-Known Member Thread Starter

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    I have downloaded and burned the iso to a dvd. I want to install it on a separate partition. My laptop currently is dual boot with win 8.1 and Ubuntu. Does anyone know a step by step to get it to install on a newly created partition and not corrupt the other. I'd rather do it this way rather than a virtual box.
    Mark
     
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    Evan Omo

    Evan Omo Computer Support Technician Staff

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    Hi Mark. Consult this guide for installing Windows 10, How to Install Windows 10 on Your PC.

    You essentially go through the same process as installing Windows 8 .1 but make sure you install it on a partition that you aren't using.
     
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    Admin.

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    Unless you can afford to loose your data, you shouldn't be installing it. Not even in a separate partition.
     
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    EL CONJUNTO

    EL CONJUNTO Well-Known Member Thread Starter

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    Arie,
    I'll put it on a separate hard drive that I had win 7 on. I have already backed that one up and use a different one with win 8.1. I didn't want to have to physically swap drives in the laptop to play with it (I'm a little lazy)...I guess its better to be safe than sorry.
    Thanks
     
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    Really? Why's that?
     
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    Evan Omo

    Evan Omo Computer Support Technician Staff

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    Because this is why:

     
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    masterroming

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    Cool beans, thanks, I was trying to consider really techie issues, not hardware faults.

    Thanks for clearing that up [emoji108]
     
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    rsinfo

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    Why not take the Virtual route ? Much safer.
     
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    IvanH

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    Agree.

    But you may still lose data no matter you're installing it on a test or a daily machine, unless you say "NO" to turn on the OneDrive. (If you already use OneDrive.)
     
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    rsinfo

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    How a virtual installation is going to affect your data until and unless you specifically allow it to access the environment outside of the sand box ?
     
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    EL CONJUNTO

    EL CONJUNTO Well-Known Member Thread Starter

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    Sorry to be so late in responding. I installed Win 10 to VMware and I have no problems with it. Initially it wouldn't take the x64 version. After thinking about why I figured that I should try the 32 bit version as my laptop only has 4gb memory and I needed to share it with the virtual machine and didn't have enough for the 64 bit version...my bad...anyway it works ok with no problems. VMware is the way to go.
     
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    PeteC

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    Please mark your thread as Resolved.

    Marking a thread as 'Resolved'

     
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    EL CONJUNTO

    EL CONJUNTO Well-Known Member Thread Starter

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    Pete,
    The dropdown only shows 1) Show Printable Version 2) email this page 3) Subscribe to this thread... Resolved is not there!
     
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    PeteC

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    You are right - for some reason that option is not present in the Windows 10 forum. I'll mention it to Arie.
     
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    PeteC

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    It's fixed now .....
     
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    mickzer

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    Not yet ...........
     
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    PeteC

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    Your thread is marked as Resolved :)
     
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