Re: Is it possible to dual boot Win7 and Win10 and still have Steam recognize my games?

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From: PW
Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2016 02:03

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On Wed, 16 Nov 2016 21:04:57 -0700, PW
<emailad...@ifIremember.com> wrote:

>Hi,
>
>Already did it.  Dual boot with Windows 7 and Windows 10.  New hard
>drive for Windows 10.  I want to eventually make Windows 10 my primary
>operating system.
>
>Any ideas on how I can get Steam on the new Win10 HD and still be able
>to use the installed Steam games that I have on Win7?  I do not have
>the bandwidth to download all of my Steam games (and Origin, GOG,
>Blizzard, etc...).  But I can boot into Win7 if I want to.
>
>Thanks.
>
>-pw


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It is not possible unless I download all the games, in which I will
not do.  I will have to boot up Win7 if I want to play any of them.

Thanks

-pw

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