Recent content by geoffd

Thanks @jimbo45 . I now have my dual boot but I don't think I will be able to resist exploring that approach. Something for the dark cold nights.

Just to confirm, with the other 2 disks detached I could install Windows 11 and now have a dual boot configuration. Thanks to @SIW2 for the suggestion. Also @Ghot - had I used the tutorial you referenced and took its advice to 'Temporarily disconnect all non OS hard drives' then it would have...

Thanks @SIW2 for the suggestion of detaching the other 2 disks! Not something I had thought of doing. I have just given it a try and it was then happy with the partition - no error message - and the installation started. I haven't time to complete the installation this evening (22:20 UK time)...

I have a spare disk in the PC and thought of using that in a similar way but my existing Win 10 and boot disk is an M.2. I didn't want to have to remove it and I don't know if it can be disabled in the BIOS. According to a number of online tutorials the method I am using should work. Hopefully...

Thank you @Ghot. The method I have used is essentially Option 1 of the tutorial. A difference is that the tutorial leaves the space made for Win 11 unallocated rather than create a partition but I have also tried that.

Before upgrading my Windows 10 Pro PC to Win 11 I would like to have a preview of it so I have been trying to set up a dual boot. I have created a partition for it on the boot disk, copied the ISO to a USB stick using Rufus and tried to install. At the point in the installation where it shows...