"...winston‫" wrote in message
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HS wrote:


...winston‫ wrote:
HS wrote:
I use a desktop.

I purchased a low cost 64 gig ssd and have installed win 10 on it.

It eliminates lots of hassle.

I do have to go to the bios to change disk priorities before
installation
and change back afterwards.

With my Gigabyte motherboard F12 give me the boot options

I also have another low cost SSD with Ubuntu installed on it.

I play with Ubuntu when bored.

HS
Why do you have to switch back after shutting W10TP down ?

Did you install W10TP to the 64GB SSD while your original drive was
still connected ?

Yes.

I changed the boot option in Bios to Sandisk before inserting the DVD


- If you didn't is your bios not capable of selecting an alternate
bootable o/s device without changing the default bios setup ?


After the installation I have reset my bios to boot into win 8.1 after
installing 10

If I want to test win 10 I will press F12 when booting and it gives me
the boot choices
DVD uefi
DVD
Disk x - - 120 gig samsung (where I got win 8 installed)
Disk xx 64 gig sandisk ( win 10)
Disk xxx 64 gig adata (Ubuntu)
Disk xxxx 500 gig (my backup disk)

I am not using UEFI

HS.

So 'changing back' meant after using F12 provided device selection to run
W10TP a restart (or shutdown/restart) still allows the Bios to boot to its
default o/s - 8.1 rather than requiring the user to physically 'change'
anything to boot 8.1

Wouldn't Fast Startup have to be disabled to do this? On my laptop with
Win8.1, I have to either disable Fast Startup, or boot to Win8.1 and then
reboot in order to have the F12 option of picking another boot device (also
non-UEFI). If I cold boot, the F12 and F8 or SHFT+F8 are all disabled,
unless Fast Startup is disabled.

I haven't looked yet, but is the method for disabling Fast Startup in WinTP
the same as in Win8.1? The laptop I was going to use for testing is a little
too old for WinTP, and the video driver keeps crashing it. Gateway has
nothing newer than Win7 drivers for it, and even trying Compatibility mode
for installation doesn't get it :-( My Acer is a much newer laptop with
Win8.1 drivers, and I have a spare drive I could put in for a test
installation, but I would prefer to NOT have my primary drive in place when
installing WinTP.
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SC Tom