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al4video  
#1 Posted : Monday, January 30, 2017 3:22:50 PM(UTC)
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I know this may go down as the craziest question ever asked, but I'm wondering first if you can dual boot 2 instances of windows 10? And secondly if it even makes sense?

I'm wanting one clean vMix machine, and one everyday machine from the same machine.

Does dual boot windows make sense or would I have the same effect by just creating another profile with admin privileges?

If it makes sense, any help with how to go about it would be helpful?

*****I'm wanting to do this on an SSD drive.


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#2 Posted : Monday, January 30, 2017 5:51:44 PM(UTC)
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#3 Posted : Monday, January 30, 2017 6:00:06 PM(UTC)
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You should be able to dual boot Windows 10 with Windows 10. They would be on different partitions of your SSD. Perhaps someone knows of technical issues with doing this and will tell us what those potential problems may be.

I'd imagine your would tweak the new Win 10 partition/install towards vMix, and capture devices.

If you are the only user of the machine, then there shouldn't be a need for your settings being disrupted by another user. However if you are the only vMix user and there are other users that never use vMix, your creation of another profile with admin privileges would be more secure.

Of course the best way is another machine just for vMix if you can afford to do so.
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#4 Posted : Monday, January 30, 2017 6:47:36 PM(UTC)
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You may have to check licensing for your Windows 10, even though its the same machine one will be already activated
and may have issue with activating the second copy. I have not checked as I have open licenses.

If you windows 10 already installed, use Disk Management to create/resize existing partition to the size you want
recommend about 100gb+ to allow for applications install and future Windows updates, even though 20GB min
this will be full in no time. Use Windows 10 boot usb/iso to install.

Here is good guide.
http://www.howtogeek.com...-10-with-windows-7-or-8/
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#5 Posted : Monday, January 30, 2017 9:00:33 PM(UTC)
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Wow! Thanks to everyone for the quick answers. After looking at how to geek website, there is a mention that you could just do this on a separate disk .
Well I actually have a separate backup that I keep on a ssd drive that is an exact copy of the drive I'm using. I made the copy just a week ago in light of those ransom scams where your computer is hijacked and they request money from you to release it. So I decide that wasn't going to happen to me.

So I have this exact copy, I'm thinking I could just install it in the machine and delete all the additional software that I don't need for a vMix machine.

Does that sound reasonable?
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#6 Posted : Tuesday, January 31, 2017 7:33:11 AM(UTC)
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Dual boot is the easiest with 2 hard drives. Simply install Windows on the second hard drive and when Windows boots up it will display a screen allowing you to choose which Windows you want to boot up.

That way you get a totally clean vMix-only installation.

Highly recommended.
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