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Old June 16th 19, 06:49 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Paul[_32_]
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Robert in CA wrote:


I started to re-read your instructions,.. so 'if' I want
to install Win 10 side by side Win 7 do I still need to
get the Media Creation tool? Also I did not see clearly where
I'm suppose to download for making a Win 8 DVD. Am I using that
DVD to boot into custom?

I need to know how to configure my partition if I'm going to do
this and where am I downloading Win 10 to put in the partition?
So far I've only loaded the Win8 CD to get to custom settings.

I make monthly backups so that's no problem but creating new
partitions etc. I'm still unsure of Win10 and as you pointed
out Win10 has allot of problems which is why I wish to have Win7
and Win10 side by side so that I can continue to use Win 7 for
as long as possible. I wish Microsoft would leave well enough alone.


Thanks,
Robert
Robert


1) You do *not* need a Win8 DVD.
Not once is Windows 8 mentioned in any of these procedures!
Relax :-)

2) Using the MediaCreationTool, you can make a DVD.
The problem is, if you just downloaded the ISO9660 file,
Windows 7 doesn't have a built-in ISO mounter. Otherwise,
if it did, I could save you on wasting one blank DVD
to make an installer DVD. By making the DVD, you'll
have media you can boot for emergencies (you can run
CHKDSK from there, something I was doing today).

The MediaCreationTool can do three things:

Make a USB stick with Win10 installer on it.

Make a DVD with Win10 installer on it (I think
it uses IMAP2 for that, and the missing feature
from IMAP2, is I don't think it knows how to
erase DVD-RW or DVD+RW. But it should work with
DVD-R or DVD+R, as far as I know.

Just save as an ISO9660 file = Windows10.iso

The DVD is relatively slow, but so is the decompressor
on the CPU, so it really isn't a disadvantage to make the DVD
for this. It only ****es people off, it isn't such a bad
format after all.

3) When the day comes that you want to do "side-by-side"
install, you'll already have your key generated in advance,
so the install will automatically activate.

To do side-by-side, you need to:

a) shrink the existing C: to a smaller size.
Give Win10, say, 100GB of space.
b) In the gap opened by shrinking C:, create
an NTFS partition using Disk Management.
You can label it Windows10 if you want, but
the installer will only erase the partition
and remove the label, so don't get too attached
to your custom label. You can put the label back
later.
c) Now that those steps have been done using the
Windows 7 OS, now the real install starts.
Shut down Windows 7.
d) Power up the machine and insert the Win10 DVD.
Follow the instructions until you see a Custom option.

https://www.tenforums.com/attachment...windows_10.jpg

( https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/...dows-10-a.html )

e) Highlight the blank partition. There might be three
other partitions related to your previous setup. The
fourth partition is where Windows 10 will go.

https://www.tenforums.com/attachment...-10-a-uefi.jpg

Note that it is highly likely that there won't be
enough partitions. Don't panic. You can make an
Extended/Logical for Windows 10. Only the first OS
has to go into a Primary partition. Other OSes can
go into Logical partitions. It's the booting partition
that has to be a Primary.

You should review the current Win7 disk setup, to
determine what kind of partition work needs to be
done before the install.

f) OK, having highlighted the blank partition, and hit
Next, now there will be a ton of other stuff to do.
But the rest of it will be easy. Just remember to
set up an Offline account first. If you want to
add an MSA some day (a "Microsoft Account"), you can
do that later.

Anyway, you've got enough to do now, just to secure
your license keys... The side-by-side, you can save
that for a day or two later.

HTH,
Paul
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