So, i use linux, i don’t have any windows install on my disk, but someone wants me to install windows on their HDD, so, if i plug said HDD on one of my sata ports and try to install windows 10 on it, will it mess with my linux boot? if yes, is there a way to prevent that without physically disconnecting my main drive? (my main is an nvme ssd, that’s why I’d rather not remove it, already suffered enough trying to screw that in ther

Edit: Fortunally i got to convince the person to bring their whole PC, so now i won’t have to deal with this anymore! Thank you very much for all the answers everyone

  • recursive_recursion [they/them]AEnglish
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    8 months ago

    not sure if it’s relevant to your post but:

    last time I tried dualbooting Windows and Arch something went wrong to the point that I had to reinstall arch and just run Windows in a VM (it definitely could’ve been a me problem/skill issue)

    ever since then, I’ve been running a Windows VM with linux as my host and it’s been pretty smooth so far, the only issue is with Respondus/rootkit browser not working for obvious reasons (mandatory for my course :P)