02-08-2015, 08:04 AM
(01-08-2015, 06:58 PM)Terry Wrote: The question is, how do I implement the dual boot option? Any advice, please?
It's a long time since I used Windows and I'm sure there will be people here who know much more than I do. The first question for me is in what sense 10 is an upgrade. Do you have to install it over the top of a previous version? Will it do a full new install if you just show it your old installation disk? Does it give you a new product key and if not could you have two OSs installed with the same product key?
Windows never liked being dual-bootable with other OSs. Usually when you install it it installs its own boot manager. So I guess you would need to have Windows 8 on one partition, 10 on another and then install a boot manager program to enable you to select between the two.
Personally I have always preferred to buy a new hard disk for a new installation. That way you don't mess things up and you can always access the old disk from the new system, or reboot the old disk. Disks are quite cheap nowadays.
Even better, use Kubuntu.
