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I have new laptop and am considering installing Windows 10. I see it has a uefi system partition on the harddrive. I read that if you delete it the system won't boot.

Can you create a new uefi partition if you do?

Wil the uefi partition cause any issues installing Windows 10?

Thanks,
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    WINDOWS 8CP
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Dell 1747
If you are clean installing windows 10, it is recommended to delete all partitions and let Windows create the desired partitions. So yes, if you delete the UEFI partition, and are clean installing windows 10 then it will recreate it automatically. If you are doing an upgrade install (in place upgrade) then leave it intact.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 10 Pro x64
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Self build (Desktop) / Dell (Laptop)
    CPU
    Intel Core i5 4690k (Desktop) / Intel Core i7 5500u (Laptop)
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte Z97 (Desktop) / Dell (Laptop)
    Memory
    8GB DDR3 (Desktop) / 16GB DDR3L (laptop)
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 (Desktop) / AMD R7 M270 (Laptop)
    Sound Card
    Onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    HP Pavilion 27bw
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080 (Desktop) / 3840x2160 (Laptop)
    Hard Drives
    Samsung SSD 850 EVO 120GB
    WD Black 500GB
    WD Blue 1TB
    (Desktop)
    Samsung SSD 850 EVO 250GB (Laptop)
    PSU
    Corsair 750w
    Case
    Ultra atx
    Cooling
    Stock heatsink
    Keyboard
    Razer Black Widow
    Mouse
    Roccat Kone XTD
    Internet Speed
    250Mbps Down / 20Mbps Up
    Browser
    Chrome
    Antivirus
    ESET
I'd recommend installing as a Virtual Machine under Oracle VirtualBox of VMWare. Speed is close to native install and lets you use botht hte existing Windows 8.1 and 10.

Wait to upgrade to 10 until it's been released.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 10 Pro X64
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Lenovo IdeaCenter K450
    CPU
    Intel Quad Core i7-4770 @ 3.4Ghz
    Motherboard
    Lenovo
    Memory
    16.0GB PC3-12800 DDR3 SDRAM 1600 MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel Integrated HD Graphics
    Sound Card
    Realtek HD Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    HP h2207
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050@59Hz
    Hard Drives
    250GB Samsung EVO SATA-3 SSD;
    2TB Seagate ST2000DM001 SATA-2;
    1.5TB Seagate ST3150041AS SATA
    PSU
    500W
    Keyboard
    Wired USB
    Mouse
    Wired USB
    Internet Speed
    3GB Up, 30GB Down
    Browser
    SeaMonkey
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender; MBAM Pro
    Other Info
    UEFI/GPT
    PLDS DVD-RW DH16AERSH
Ztruker said:
I'd recommend installing as a Virtual Machine under Oracle VirtualBox of VMWare. Speed is close to native install and lets you use botht hte existing Windows 8.1 and 10.

Wait to upgrade to 10 until it's been released.
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:ditto:

Windows being still in a beta - Virtual Machine - is the only way to go.. There have been some major setbacks with some of the Win10 update releases..
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 3.1 > Windows 10
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS 8700
    CPU
    I7
    Memory
    24 GB
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