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kwfine

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    Why can I see the Windows 10 drive in Windows 7
    « on: February 01, 2016, 01:16:11 PM »
    Hi all,
    Recently I bought a new SSD.
    I installed Windows 7 first in the first partition (40GB), and then Windows 10 in the other partition (80GB).
    Then I was learning how to use the new features in Windows 10 without switching to Windows 7 during the Dual Boot.
    When I was using Windows 10, I could only see one Drive (C), there was not any other parition.
    But some strange things happened when I chose to use Windows 7 in the Dual Boot.
    After I logged on Windows 7 and double clicked My Computer, I could see there were two main drives (C and D drives)
    The C drive surely was for Windows 7 because of its volume (40GB), and D Drive was 80GB. When I clicked to see what's iniside the D drive, I could see a Windows folder and a Windows.old folder, and some other folders.

    I have no idea why this happened.
    Could you help me please?

    Thank you.



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    Re: Why can I see the Windows 10 drive in Windows 7
    « Reply #1 on: February 01, 2016, 01:40:27 PM »
    Just leave it alone. Unless it creates a problem.
    When you install a new version of windows, the older version is saved.
    You have lots of drive space. Right? If so, do nothing.

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      Re: Why can I see the Windows 10 drive in Windows 7
      « Reply #2 on: February 01, 2016, 01:48:11 PM »
      Just leave it alone. Unless it creates a problem.
      When you install a new version of windows, the older version is saved.
      You have lots of drive space. Right? If so, do nothing.

      Thank you for the quick help, Geek-9pm.
      I was so worried about it because that was my first time learning how to make a Dual-Boot.

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      Re: Why can I see the Windows 10 drive in Windows 7
      « Reply #3 on: February 01, 2016, 01:58:55 PM »
      The system will always designate the drive to which you boot (the system drive) as C: drive. If you installed W7 on c: and then installed W10 on d:, when you boot to W10 the system will change the designations so that it boots to what is now c: drive, but was previously d: drive when you were in W7.

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      Re: Why can I see the Windows 10 drive in Windows 7
      « Reply #4 on: February 01, 2016, 01:59:19 PM »
      The Win7 install sees 10 because 7 is on the C:/1st partition...
      When 10 was installed it is on another partition and does not recognise C: because in fact the PC is faked into thinking the 10 partition is in fact C:...when it's not.
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