On 13 August 2015 at 13:25, Himanshu Shekhar <iwm2015...@iiita.ac.in> wrote:
> Sorry dear! > I tried with all genuine methods and installed debian 8.1. > But whoa! I lost my activated version of Windows 10. I WAS able to access > all my hard drives as I did a proper shutdown but the grub os list showed > no link to windows. > I reinstalled windows 10 and still am eager to run linux flawlessly. > Please guide me. > Try using a live cd of Debian. Make sure it sees the Windows before you convert it to a full installation. Run grub update. Regards MF > > > On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 1:09 AM, Lennart Sorensen < > lsore...@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> wrote: > >> On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 12:25:49AM +0530, Himanshu Shekhar wrote: >> > I want to dual-boot windows 10 with debian 8.1 (amd64), as I have been >> an >> > avid linux user for many years. I want to make sure that I shall not >> lose >> > my original copy of Windows 10 if I try to install Debian. >> > Also please make me clear about issues of dual-boot windows with debian. >> >> Well make sure you have unused space on the disk before installing >> (that is, not part of a partition, not free space on C:). >> >> As long as you don't touch the windows partitions while installing, >> windows should survive just fine. >> >> Of course backups are always recommended before doing anything major, >> like an OS install. >> >> -- >> Len Sorensen >> > > > > -- > Himanshu Shekhar > IIIT-Allahabad > IWM2015001 >
