[Question] How to Dual Boot Windows 10 and 7?

[TheClock]

Hello everyone,

I'm currently trying if I can dual boot Windows 7 alongside Windows 10 on my Asus lapop. There hasn't been much info over the Web and thought on getting helpful answers here.

 

1. Should I dual-boot anyway?

Only reason being that I prefer 7's UI better than 10, along with other factors (less surveillance, etc...).

 

2. Will dual-booting cause problems alongside Windows 10?

Info here: http://www.pagestart.com/win8dbwin701181301.html

This should be the same, if not, similar to complete with 10. Are there any alternative ways to activate 7 on another partition?

 

3. How will UEFI affect Windows 7?

Read: http://www.pagestart.com/win8dbwin701181301.html

I only worry when selecting the OS when booting up that it won't return to the Windows 10 OS selection screen.

 

Something like here should work with this setup, will it?

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/214167-windows-boot-manager-screen-change-listed-os-arrangement-order.html

 

Thanks in advance.

[TheClock]

[More Information]

Windows 10 (Home) has been installed on an Asus laptop with Windows 8.1 (w/ Bing) as the previous OS.

Currently, I have 444.65 GB on my C:\ Drive, while I have other partitions for recovery.

I have not began attempting to cut partitions, or the process of dual-booting yet.

 

For anything else, please reply.

[NoelC]

Make SURE you disable Hybrid / Fast Bootup on the Win 10 system, or you WILL see what's interpreted as NTFS corruption.  With the hybrid setup (Windows 10 default) it leaves the disk dirty when it shuts down.

 

-Noel

[TheClock]

Make SURE you disable Hybrid / Fast Bootup on the Win 10 system, or you WILL see what's interpreted as NTFS corruption.  With the hybrid setup (Windows 10 default) it leaves the disk dirty when it shuts down.

 

-Noel

Already had that disabled when Ubuntu failed to boot. 

However, I now need to buy another key for Windows 7 (maybe Ultimate) as I failed to realize that i don't have a (retail) key in the first place.

 

The results may take some time, so I'll inform into how was the result.