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Hi :)

I've gone through instalation guides, and so on. I've checked in the search box but I couldn't find anyone with the same situation.

So I'm buying a new PC with two hard drives. Lets call them SSD (which is 128GB) and HDD (2TB of storage) to make the story clear.
I want to use Windows 8 and Mavericks, and need someone's advice if what I think is ok.

On SSD, there is a Windows 8 already installed. The HDD is empty & clear.
While installing Mavericks on HDD I'd like to split it in 2 equal partitions – again, let's call them HDD1 and HDD2 for make things easier. And on HDD1 I'd like to install Mavericks, and I want to leave the HDD2 clear & avialible for use for Windows (to install things, storage).

So my main question is:
If I'll follow the instalation process exact as it is in the Guides » 10.9 Installation, formatting HDD as I've described, will I be able to choose on computer startup, which system I'd like to use?

I'd really appreciate help :oops:
 
Hi :)

I've gone through instalation guides, and so on. I've checked in the search box but I couldn't find anyone with the same situation.

So I'm buying a new PC with two hard drives. Lets call them SSD (which is 128GB) and HDD (2TB of storage) to make the story clear.
I want to use Windows 8 and Mavericks, and need someone's advice if what I think is ok.

On SSD, there is a Windows 8 already installed. The HDD is empty & clear.
While installing Mavericks on HDD I'd like to split it in 2 equal partitions – again, let's call them HDD1 and HDD2 for make things easier. And on HDD1 I'd like to install Mavericks, and I want to leave the HDD2 clear & avialible for use for Windows (to install things, storage).

So my main question is:
If I'll follow the instalation process exact as it is in the Guides » 10.9 Installation, formatting HDD as I've described, will I be able to choose on computer startup, which system I'd like to use?

I'd really appreciate help :oops:

See http://www.tonymacx86.com/multi-booting/96000-guide-dual-booting-mountain-lion-windows-8-a.html
Works with Chimera if Win8 was installed legacy, need to use Clover as boot loader if Win8 was installed UEFI. To check, open the disk management tool in Win8 and look at the SSD structure. If all you see is a System Reserved and a NTFS partition, then Win8 is legacy. If you see healthy EFI partitions and a WINRE Tools partition, then Win8 was installed UEFI.
 
Yup, I've gone through that guide too, but it seems a bit more complicated.
I'm getting the computer next week, so I'll be able to check everything then, and maybe post some questions here (but I hope I can manage things myself :)

Thanks for help :)
 
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