Do you need a new partition to dual boot windows?

[anasttin]

Hi,

I have 4 hard drives on my computer and want to have the option of dual booting into Windows 8 (which is my current operating system) and also Windows 10 which I plan to install.

Someone told me that I can't just install the Windows 10 on one of the other drives, and have to create a separate partition for it on one of my existing drives.

That scares me because I have data on all 4 of my drives and would feel much better about installing Windows 10 on one of the existing drives without creating a separate partition because I know creating partitions can destroy all data on drives in an instant.

Does anyone know if I have to have a separate partition or what the best way forward would be for me?

Thanks,

Ana

 

[johnb35]

You can do it either way.

https://www.google.com/search?q=how...rives&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-b-1-ab