@gamingonlinux@mastodon.social I’ve followed these guidelines for a long time now, for PCs:

• Never dual boot 2 OS’ off the same drive. One OS per drive, I say (and they are cheap enough).

• UEFI is what chooses which drive to boot, not GRUB.

• Don’t let a Windows drive ever see a linux drive. As in disconnect the linux drive before booting the Windows drive.

@gamingonlinux@mastodon.social it’s been 30 years Windows breaks other OSes, not only GNU/Linux btw… Someday we should sue them…

@gamingonlinux@mastodon.social Doesn’t every Windows Update do that?

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The safest way to run windows and Linux on the same desktop is to use a HDD power switch, with the different operating systems on different drives.

@gamingonlinux@mastodon.social classic Microsoft.

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It had been so long…

@gamingonlinux@mastodon.social Again?

@gamingonlinux@mastodon.social I have met with this issue quite a few times. My solution which always works : install Grub4win in windows and set it up right.
Then when using it to reboot to Linux, just reinstall Grub in Linux.

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Yeah wiping Windows has been the easiest solution for me.

@gamingonlinux@mastodon.social Shit like this is why I ALWAYS run Linux on a separate drive.

I’ve had too many stories of “I tried linux, but then after X amount of boots it stopped working! Linux is bad.” Because MICROSOFT updated Windows and “accidentally” broke dual boots.

Fuck you Microsoft.

@gamingonlinux@mastodon.social thanks God that I don’t use windows anymore

@gamingonlinux@mastodon.social Thanks for the reminder to check for updates on my Windows boot 😁

@gamingonlinux@mastodon.social I am entirely on Linux now. I do need the bloated adware known as Windows every once in a while, but it’s just a VM. Linux is my governing OS!

@gamingonlinux@mastodon.social That was completely unexpected

@gamingonlinux@mastodon.social this (one of the reasons) is why I haven’t had a windows computer since 2016