Running Windows 10 games on Windows 8.1 from a separate drive???

[finalriches]

I'm looking forward to Gears Of War 4 and really want to be able to play it when it comes out. My issue is though I really don't want to upgrade to Windows 10 as i prefer 8.1 and honestly Gears Of War is the only thing that makes want to use it.

So my question is could Install and run Windows 10 on a separate drive like a SSD/HDD or maybe even a USB just to play Gears? I'd hope i could run it completely separate from my main setup without any issues. I'd appreciate any information on if this would work and the easiest way to go about it.

 

[CountMike]

Yes you can, it's specially easy on separate (internal) drive, you need full license of course. Just install W10 on separate disk with W8 disk disconnected until installation finished.