Windows 11 has been with us for two months now. However, there are many users who, either because the operating system is not compatible with their computers, or because they do not want to lose functionalities, have decided not to update at the moment. However, is it possible to make the transition easier with both operating systems installed?
Windows 11 already has a market share of 8.3% of Steam users. Among the rest of users, we still do not have a reliable source of data, but it is expected that during the next year the market share of Windows 11 will continue to grow.
That growth will come despite Microsoft, which instead of improving and maintaining some Windows 10 functions, has decided to eliminate many of them, making the jump to the new version not a good idea if there are useful functions that you use daily. The company has backed down in some of them, such as the possibility of dragging elements to the windows that we have open in the taskbar, but many others are not going to return at the moment.
Therefore, an excellent way to ease the transition to the new version of the operating system is to have two installations of Windows . To do this, you have two options: install the operating system on a second SSD drive , or make a partition in which we have the main operating system.
You can install two Windows, and it’s a good idea
If you don’t have more SSD drives available on your computer, you will have to make a partition. In the past, partitioning a disk required formatting. However, with the latest versions of Windows, we don’t need to lose a single bit of data. To do this, we have to go to the Disk Management tool in Windows 10.
Once we are in it, we have to right click on the tool in which we want to free up space, and click on ” Reduce volume “. After that, a window will appear in which we can choose the size in which we want to reduce it . Once we have chosen it, that space will appear as empty, and from which we can create a new partition by right-clicking on that new space, and creating a new simple volume.
In that new partition, assuming you have at least 64 GB free to install Windows 11, we can install it comfortably. It would be best if we allocated at least half the space to the unit. That way, if we finally get used to Windows 11 and we like it, we can use that partition as the final one, and delete the previous one. After that, we will only have to add the storage that we have previously removed by giving Extend volume .
When we install Windows 11, either from Windows 10 or using a pendrive for it, we will have two options when starting the computer. These two options will appear when starting the computer, and the system will allow us to choose which of the two we want to use to start it. We can always change the order to give priority to one or the other in case we want it, for example, to always start in Windows 10. When we make the final step to Windows 11, we can eliminate the other, and it will start us directly in the new.
With this method, the transition to Windows 11 will be much easier, although it may not be as comfortable as updating your current installation, since you will lose programs and settings, and you will have to install them all twice. At least it will be comfortable to install and use it for a while until you get used to it to see if there are any functions that you are missing.
