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Chapter 13, Problem 10TC
You are planning to install Windows 10 on a computer in a dual-boot configuration. The computer already has Windows 8 installed. You open Disk Management and discover there is one hard drive with an EFI System Partition, a primary partition with plenty of free space, and no unallocated space. In Disk Management, how can you prepare the drive to hold the Windows 10 installation?
a. There’s nothing more to do in Disk Management. Close the windows and begin the installation.
b. Shrink the EFI System Partition and create a new partition for Windows 10.
c. Shrink the primary partition and create a simple volume for Windows 10.
d. Shrink the primary partition and create a new basic disk for Windows 10.
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