Windows 10?

[iwanthaloandpie]

So im planning on installing the insider version of windows 10, but i have a couple questions,

-Does it erase all my present data?(games, music, pictures)

-Does it overwrite the W8.1 data?

 

Those are my main concerns on it.

System specs

Gygabyte z97 gaming 5

Intel core i5 4690

WD caviar blue 1tb

Hyper xfury 8Gb

[Aytex]

Look on the FAQ it should tell you the answer for each of your questions I just hope windows 10 dosent have as much problems as 8,8.1

[Enderman]

when you go to windows 10 you cannot go back without formatting and reinstalling everything

[Jade]

If this is a question you need to ask, you probably shouldn't be running it.

[MantasFX]

I wouldn't recommend using W10 Technical Preview as a main OS. I've had several system breakages after installing updates, system restore wasn't helping me, so I had to restore HDD image backup. Glad it was installed in a virtual machine.

[Quinten Verhelst]

Just make a second small partition on your main drive and boot the preview from a usb drive

[Quinten Verhelst]

In the download section they say that you should be very familliar with computers

[TAHIRMIA]

So im planning on installing the insider version of windows 10, but i have a couple questions,

-Does it erase all my present data?(games, music, pictures)

-Does it overwrite the W8.1 data?

 

Those are my main concerns on it.

System specs

Gygabyte z97 gaming 5

Intel core i5 4690

WD caviar blue 1tb

Hyper xfury 8Gb

i would suggest installing it in a virtual machine like Oracle VM Virtual Box where you can make sure that no data from your hardrive goes 

here is the link to Virtual Box https://www.virtualbox.org/

[ttam]

It's a sample. Not something to run 24/7 and if you have to ask this question than you shouldn't be doing it

[Thony]

Just wait for actual release (in few months).

Otherwise unexperienced person like u can do something wrong and regret replacing his working OS.

[fracking4oil]

Just make a second small partition on your main drive and boot the preview from a usb drive

 

This or get a second drive... Win 10 is stable enough that you certainly don't need to be any kind of expert; I'm using it as my main OS, although what data I have I don't really care if I lose.

[Syh]

If you just want to try Windows 10 out: run it in a virtual machine. If you want to try to actually use it: make a separate partition for it and dual boot it as people have said.

 

Either way, don't expect the data on it to be permanent; be prepared to lose anything and everything on that partition. It's still an unstable developmental build.

[Opcode]

Windows 10 is not stable enough to run as a daily driver. Microsoft is up and down like a roller coaster with issues and bugs with every other build. Wait until after /BUILD/ as they should start getting more stable.