[ikk157]

Unfortunately, this statement is incorrect.

In the Windows setup, during the disk & installation partition setup, you have all options or rather said tools to delete partitions and create new ones. Once you are done with that you can select the partition you want and install Window on it by simply clicking on it to have it selected/highlighted and going to the next step of the setup. I can say this safely and with confidence as I have performed so many Windows installations from XP to 10 (excluding Vista) over all the years privately and also during my job.

Since I never really used or installed Windows Vista on a computer I can only say that since Windows 7 you always had the necessary tools during the setup of Windows to do the basics of disk and partition management and be able to select the partition/disk you want to setup Windows on. From XP to 7 (and probably Vista) the whole installation process has evolved by so much and it now stays the same with minor theme changes to the design of newer Windows versions like 10.

The current installation environment that Windows uses is basically a small live Windows with all necessary tools to do the installation or repairs (remember you can start cmd or do system restore / repair on existing installations). All that happens during the installation can be easily broken down into a few basic steps.

Anyway.

Thank you for the correction. This entire partitions thing always messes me up (I’ve screwed up many times trying to dual boot, which you’ll need to deal with partitions to achieve.)

And hence, I just chose whichever partition the windows installation allowed me to install windows onto. Which is a much better approach for myself so I don’t end up messing something up.

As for you mentioning that the installation is basically a minimal live Windows, I’ve always thought of that myself... but never knew for sure if I was correct. As that was the only way I could think of that they’re able to include command prompt within the installation media. Quite interesting to say the least!