Posted January 18, 2015 Duel Booting OSX 10.10.1 and Windows 7 Pro So I have my gaming PC/Music Editing/Video Editing rig currently running windows 7 pro on a 2TB HDD. However I wish to duel boot it with OSX 10.10.1 so that I can carry over college work (Which is all based around OSX) and then continue on it at home.I can easily purchase a 512GB SSD on which to put OSX, but what I want to know is, if I install my SSD and then install OSX on to there will there be any chance that my windows 7 drive will be wiped? I don't understand why that would happen and I assume it would be fine but I am unsure.I know I'll have to use a bootloader (like chimera bootloader or something) in order to switch between the OS' though. I've probably added this to the forum terribly badly as I lack forum related knowledge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted January 18, 2015 No, Because when I dual booted it was on the same drive, however I had to use the memory stick mac os x was on to be able to boot because I hadn't installed the bootloader right. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted January 18, 2015 Duel Booting OSX 10.10.1 and Windows 7 Pro So I have my gaming PC/Music Editing/Video Editing rig currently running windows 7 pro on a 2TB HDD. However I wish to duel boot it with OSX 10.10.1 so that I can carry over college work (Which is all based around OSX) and then continue on it at home. I can easily purchase a 512GB SSD on which to put OSX, but what I want to know is, if I install my SSD and then install OSX on to there will there be any chance that my windows 7 drive will be wiped? I don't understand why that would happen and I assume it would be fine but I am unsure. I know I'll have to use a bootloader (like chimera bootloader or something) in order to switch between the OS' though. I've probably added this to the forum terribly badly as I lack forum related knowledge. Welcome to the forum!! Here is a nice video: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted January 18, 2015 Nope there should be no danger to your Windows 7 drive. I would reccommend unplugging the windows 7 drive when you are installing OS X. Follow some of the guides online and you should find it a very easy process. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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