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I use Windows 7 on a multiple-boot machine (beside Win7, I have different Linuxes, using Grub).
I want to freely upgrade Windows 7 to Windows 10.
Will the procedure have some impact on the multi-boot structure that I should know about?
As JourneymanGeek reminded me in the comment, the grub will be removed. It happened often, even when installing a new Linux system. I can reinstall Grub.
What about other things? I remember something about a Win10 feature not really shutting down the usual way, but just 'hibernating' instead or something, and that giving some problems in Linux (hard drives not mounting as far as I remember)...
UPDATE:
Following this solution to make a full shutdown in Windows 10 without disabling hybrid boot involving the command shutdown /s /t 0
, the instalation partition of Windows 10 is not available in Linux:
The error message says that Windows is still in hibernation mode. So, that is not a full shut down.
The same happens after disabling hybrid boot completely, as indicated here.
There's a pretty good chance it'll overwrite your current bootloader. As such, I am fairly doubtful that there will be no impact. As with any major update, backups and pre-planning is a good idea! – Journeyman Geek – 2015-07-28T11:14:29.810
@JourneymanGeek - please take a look at my updated question – None – 2015-07-28T11:20:01.580
1You need to shutdown Windows 10 the same way you shutdown Windows 8.1/8.0 you can create a shortcut in order to do this. You can also just disable the hybrid shutdown if you want. – Ramhound – 2015-07-28T12:37:32.637
@Ramhound - I use Windows 7. Could you link to more details? – None – 2015-07-28T13:59:49.600
@cipricus - If after you do some research on the subject, you still cannot figure it out on your own, I will be happy to do that. – Ramhound – 2015-07-28T14:15:03.460