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    Windows eats partitions (lemmy.world)
    submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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    [–] [email protected] 31 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Windows only updates the bootloader, it doesn't touch Linux partitions. After an update you just have to fix the bootloader again which isn't too hard if you know how it works.

    [–] [email protected] 19 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I'd argue one shouldn't even be messing with dual booting if they don't understand much about the bootloader.

    [–] [email protected] 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

    My counterpoint would be how does one best learn about anything if not by messing with it

    [–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago

    As in tradition - mindset. Getting on Linux requires a certain mindset, and this gets more and more true the weirder and more involved whatever it is that you are planning to do gets.

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

    The best way to learn how it works is to mess with it. I have reinstalled my Surface Go 2 numerous times because I messed something up. After leaving Windows I have used dual boot with Arch and Chrome OS for a while, and now I just use Arch including secureboot enabled.