Solved Upgrade to Win 10. Partition question.

jamtin53

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Gooday all. I hope I'm in the right place here. Please shift me if not. Like many others I am keen to run win 10. I have really enjoyed working with win 7. I also like to use a linux distro. I have 2 discs of win7 one is pro and the other is home premium. What I would like to do is format my 1tb drive into 3 partitions. On 1 partition I would like to load win 7 HP. Second partition load win 7 pro and 3rd partition load my linux distro. When this is done I would like to turn win 7 HP into win 10. Can anyone see a problem with this?
Thanks in advance for reading this.
 

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Sont Vaio VPCEH13FD
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Windows7 Home Premium 64 bit SP1
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INTEL CORE i3/i5/i7 @2.10ghz Sandy Bridge 32nm Technology
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Sony Corporation VAIO (N/A)
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HI,
I would upgrade the 7 home premium first to 10
Then add the other os's

The upgrading process has been hit and miss it's just a little risky doing it with 3 installs on the same disk

Ideally you'd put each install on it's own drive
Disconnecting while installing each of them.
 

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I agree with Mike, put each OS on it`s own drive, they are so cheap, there`s no reason not to.

Put 10 on a solid state drive.
 

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Thanks for replies on this. I have used the one hard drive to do the upgrade and installs. Haven't put linux on yet so only 2/3 of the way. Everything seems to be going ok.
 

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Sont Vaio VPCEH13FD
OS
Windows7 Home Premium 64 bit SP1
CPU
INTEL CORE i3/i5/i7 @2.10ghz Sandy Bridge 32nm Technology
Motherboard
Sony Corporation VAIO (N/A)
Memory
6.00gb Dual Channel DDR3 @665 mhz (9-9-9-24)
Graphics Card(s)
Generic PnP Monitor (1366x768 @60 Hz. Intel(R) HD Graphics F
Sound Card
Conexant Smart Audio HD
Hard Drives
625 gb SamsungHM641JI SATA
Any problems dual booting 7 and 10 ?
 

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PC/Desktop
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Skylake Special #666
OS
Windows 10 Pro x64
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Intel Core i7 6700K
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Asus Sabertooth Z170 Mark 1
Memory
GSkill TridentZ RGB 16GB 3600 16-16-16-36
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EVGA GTX 980 Ti SC x2
Sound Card
Realtek High Definition
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AOC G2460PG
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1920 x 1080 144Hz
Hard Drives
Samsung 860 Pro 256GB, Seagate Barracuda 4TB x2
PSU
EVGA 1000 P2, EVGA White Custom Braided Cables
Case
Corsair Vengeance C70 Gunmetal Black
Cooling
Corsair H100i v2, Corsair ML120 x2, Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut
Keyboard
Logitech G910 Orion Spectrum
Mouse
Logitech G700s
Internet Speed
Verizon Fios Quantum Gateway 75/75
Antivirus
Windows Defender, Malwarebytes Free 3.8.3
Browser
Chrome
Other Info
Corsair SP120 x4, LG Blu-ray Drive, Durabrand HT-395 100 Watt Dolby Digital Amp, Corsair H2100 Wireless 7.1 Headset
No wuccas yet AddRAM. The MBR just sorted it's self out. Linux asks for specific directions for the GRUB. I will get back on next week after I put the PCLOS on the drive and let you know how it goes.
 

My Computer My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Sont Vaio VPCEH13FD
OS
Windows7 Home Premium 64 bit SP1
CPU
INTEL CORE i3/i5/i7 @2.10ghz Sandy Bridge 32nm Technology
Motherboard
Sony Corporation VAIO (N/A)
Memory
6.00gb Dual Channel DDR3 @665 mhz (9-9-9-24)
Graphics Card(s)
Generic PnP Monitor (1366x768 @60 Hz. Intel(R) HD Graphics F
Sound Card
Conexant Smart Audio HD
Hard Drives
625 gb SamsungHM641JI SATA
So, reporting back on this little adventure. I made the 3 partitions using gparted. I then did as described with the win partitions. I couldn't get them to party with PCLOS so I put Ubuntu derivative MINT on the drive. It loaded perfectly, updated and is now lying comfortably alongside the other 2 operating systems. I flit back and forth between them regularly and there appear to be no worries. Have to say that Win7 is the easiest OS to live with.
Thanks for reading this. Have a good weekend. JT53.
 

My Computer My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Sont Vaio VPCEH13FD
OS
Windows7 Home Premium 64 bit SP1
CPU
INTEL CORE i3/i5/i7 @2.10ghz Sandy Bridge 32nm Technology
Motherboard
Sony Corporation VAIO (N/A)
Memory
6.00gb Dual Channel DDR3 @665 mhz (9-9-9-24)
Graphics Card(s)
Generic PnP Monitor (1366x768 @60 Hz. Intel(R) HD Graphics F
Sound Card
Conexant Smart Audio HD
Hard Drives
625 gb SamsungHM641JI SATA
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