Coastalguy
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I currently have windows 8.1 installed on my C: drive. I would not like to "upgrade" to 10, but purchase a full version so that I can install it on another partition on the same hard drive, dual booting between my old 8.1 and the new 10..
I want to continue using my 8.1, until I am able to bring up my 10 to a current working status, after which I want to remove my 8.1 and use 10 exclusively.
What I want to know, is if I remove 8.1 from my C: drive, leaving it empty, to get my 10 to the C: drive, do I have to physically copy 10 to the now empty C: drive, or can I just change the empty C: drive letter to something else, and then change the letter of the 10 partition to C: ?
I have both EasyBCD and EaseUS Partition Master applications available for changing the boot manager and partition letters if possible.
Please DO NOT tell me to just use the free Windows 10 update script (or iso/image download files or CD) to just upgrade my 8.1 to 10, as I have spent a month trying all means of these upgrades, only to continually receive the great, informative error "Your Windows 10 update Failed".
Thanks,
I want to continue using my 8.1, until I am able to bring up my 10 to a current working status, after which I want to remove my 8.1 and use 10 exclusively.
What I want to know, is if I remove 8.1 from my C: drive, leaving it empty, to get my 10 to the C: drive, do I have to physically copy 10 to the now empty C: drive, or can I just change the empty C: drive letter to something else, and then change the letter of the 10 partition to C: ?
I have both EasyBCD and EaseUS Partition Master applications available for changing the boot manager and partition letters if possible.
Please DO NOT tell me to just use the free Windows 10 update script (or iso/image download files or CD) to just upgrade my 8.1 to 10, as I have spent a month trying all means of these upgrades, only to continually receive the great, informative error "Your Windows 10 update Failed".
Thanks,
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8.1
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- HP Envy 700-214
- CPU
- 3.10 gigahertz Intel Core i5-4440
- Memory
- 12 GB
- Browser
- Firefox
- Antivirus
- Norton Internet Security