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OSX 10.9.5 and Win 10 same HDD


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Hi, I have OS X installed on my secondary 320GB Hdd(100GB for OS X and 200GB NTFS for data) and now I want to install a Win 10 tech preview on it.I will made a 80GB partition from the 200GB but how it will affect my OS X?


 


PC:


Intel Core i3-2100


Asus P8H61-M LE


1x8GB Kingstone Ram


Sapphire HD 7750OC


1TB seagate barracuda(305GB for Windows 7, 626GB for data)


320GB western digital(100GB for OS X 10.9.5, 120GB for data, 80GB clean for Win 10 TP)


 


I have a perfectly working OS X 10.9.5 now and I don´t want to destroy it.How can Win 10 installation affect the OS X?Thanks.


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It certainly is easier and less problematic if you install Windows 10 after Windows 7 on your 1 TB drive and temporarily disconnect your OSX drive until the install is complete (the Windows 10 bootloader is happier being in charge :)).  This is to avoid Windows setup from installing files on the other hard drive by mistake eg the system partition ---> prevent your OSX drive from booting by itself.

 

If you have installed Windows in legacy mode, you can actually chainload to Clover/Chameleon on your 320GB drive from the Windows bootloader/manager ---> then load OSX: see this guide.

 

Leaving the Windows 10 bootloader in charge on a separate disk will give fewer issues with in place major upgrades of Windows 10 (eg moving from build 10074 to 10122 overwrites the bootsector).

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I will be building a new low cost PC so I will put this 320GB HDD inside and install yosemite on it.But I need help with cleaning it from OS X.Last time I used a many softwares but only one did it but I forget his name  :(

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