Re: partitioning and use thereof

On 10/8/2021 12:20 PM, Grant Taylor wrote:
> On 10/7/21 11:05 PM, Robert Baer wrote:
>> * THAT is the sane way to go, and the why of my complaint.
>> There should be a way to fiddle an M$ install to get that (and have the whole thing in the first of the 2 partitions).
> 
> As far as I understand, Microsoft has not supported installing Windows in a single partition since Windows Vista.

Win7 and Win10 here, are single-partition each.

    https://i.postimg.cc/0jMDV94v/Multiboot-Legacy-Partition.gif

That's my demo install in a VM, showing it can be done.

It would be near impossible to do that on GPT, because
the installer has "weed-like" behavior then. To do it on
GPT, requires a sacrificial install and some cloning-over.
Which is cheating, but might still be do-able. The above
procedure was more straight-forward.

    Paul