I haven't been using Linux that long, but it hasn't happened to me in the six months I've been dual booting ๐ค
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It definitely happens, I've had windows fuck up Grub multiple times.
I use Windows 1-2 times per year, so I don't know how often the boot-breaker comes. This has happened to me on four computers with Windows 10-11. Always with both Linux and Windows on the same drive, which is key, says another comment here.
Oh that might be it then
Even when single booting efi is usually the thing making it sorta annoying. Take that out and the install is super smooth.
You've gotten some good suggestions but let me add another one. Run Windows as a LE (Live Environment) from a USB drive. There's ways to do this for both Windows 10 and Windows 11, just search for "Windows Live Environment".
Get off the MBR disks and onto EFI. BIOS solves for this.
BIOS is MBR though, (U)EFI replaced it.