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    • DanpD
      Danp
      last edited by

      Looking to replace my boot drive with a new ssd and perform a clean install of windows 10. Can this be done in such a way that I can temporarily dual boot between the two drives while I'm reinstalling all the software on the ssd?

      Hints or suggestions are appreciated.

      Dan

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      • DashrenderD
        Dashrender
        last edited by

        Dual boot? That would be challenging. If I were doing it, choose the boot drive from BIOS.

        While installing an OS on the SSD, I'd have the other drive completely disconnected.

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        • iroalI
          iroal
          last edited by

          I've done about 20 Win7 to Win10 updates.

          It's first time that I think that is not necessary a fresh install, the upgrade works really good.

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          • scottalanmillerS
            scottalanmiller
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            Sure, just attach both drives and chose which one will boot at any given time. This can be done from the BIOS or from a boot manager like GRUB from Linux.

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            • DanpD
              Danp @Dashrender
              last edited by

              @Dashrender Thanks for the input. I'll give that a try.

              @iroal This PC came with Win8.1 and it was upgraded to Win10. There are a few apps the exhibit problems, so my plan was to perform the clean install to see if that resolves these issues.

              @scottalanmiller Right now the SSD is temporarily attached to the SATA interface for the DVD drive. I will eventually remove the existing HD, swap to the correct SATA interface, and reinstall the DVD. Will this interface swapping lead to issues with booting from the SSD?

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              • scottalanmillerS
                scottalanmiller @Danp
                last edited by

                @Danp said:

                @scottalanmiller Right now the SSD is temporarily attached to the SATA interface for the DVD drive. I will eventually remove the existing HD, swap to the correct SATA interface, and reinstall the DVD. Will this interface swapping lead to issues with booting from the SSD?

                Should not,.

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                • DustinB3403D
                  DustinB3403 @Danp
                  last edited by

                  @Danp said:

                  @scottalanmiller Right now the SSD is temporarily attached to the SATA interface for the DVD drive. I will eventually remove the existing HD, swap to the correct SATA interface, and reinstall the DVD. Will this interface swapping lead to issues with booting from the SSD?

                  It shouldn't you're simply moving the device as far as BIOS cares.

                  Just make sure that it's listed correctly in the BIOS for the boot order and you'll be fine.

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                  • DashrenderD
                    Dashrender @scottalanmiller
                    last edited by

                    @scottalanmiller said:

                    @Danp said:

                    @scottalanmiller Right now the SSD is temporarily attached to the SATA interface for the DVD drive. I will eventually remove the existing HD, swap to the correct SATA interface, and reinstall the DVD. Will this interface swapping lead to issues with booting from the SSD?

                    Should not,.

                    No possible problems with the Boot.ini?

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                    • scottalanmillerS
                      scottalanmiller
                      last edited by

                      boot.ini? What issue would you anticipate there?

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                      • travisdh1T
                        travisdh1 @scottalanmiller
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                        @scottalanmiller said:

                        boot.ini? What issue would you anticipate there?

                        Having to boot into recovery mode and run the "Fix boot" routine. Been years since I had to manually fix a boot.ini.... course that might have as much to do with moving to Linux as Microsoft actually fixing boot sequence.

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                        • DashrenderD
                          Dashrender @scottalanmiller
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                          @scottalanmiller said:

                          boot.ini? What issue would you anticipate there?

                          if the boot.ini says disk1/partition1, then when you change the number of disks installed into the system, the disk becomes disk0/partition1 and the system won't boot.

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                          • DanpD
                            Danp @Dashrender
                            last edited by

                            @Dashrender said:

                            if the boot.ini says disk1/partition1, then when you change the number of disks installed into the system, the disk becomes disk0/partition1 and the system won't boot.

                            That's what I was thinking as well.

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                            • BRRABillB
                              BRRABill
                              last edited by

                              BTW: the WIn7/8 key to a fresh install does indeed work now. So, so much awesome-er.

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                              • dafyreD
                                dafyre
                                last edited by

                                Just out of curiosity... Why dual boot?

                                Put the SSD drive in the right slot and leave the original drive disconnected.... Install onto SSD, and hook SSD drive up via USB or the CD connection, and just copy files over?

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                                • DanpD
                                  Danp @dafyre
                                  last edited by

                                  @dafyre said:

                                  Just out of curiosity... Why dual boot?

                                  Because I was hoping to get some actual work done using the original drive until I got everything reinstalled on the SSD. 😜

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                                  • dafyreD
                                    dafyre @Danp
                                    last edited by

                                    @Danp Acceptable answer... but it would be easier in the long run to either just clone the drive or do a clean install and install all your apps in one go. 🙂

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                                    • DanpD
                                      Danp
                                      last edited by

                                      Just reporting back to say that I successfully reinstalled everything to the SSD over the weekend. Pulled the old drive on Monday, and everything has been working well with the upgraded drive. 👍

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