2) How is dual booting on the same disk unstable?
As far as I've heard, different people have different experiences regarding this. I've already had an experience with dual booting Windows 10 and Linux Mint 20, let's just say it wasn't fun to say the very least (Windows straight up broke after 2 or 3 updates, all valuable files lost).
I am using a dual boot configuration of Windows and Linux on the same SSD (and HDD before this) for about 10 years without any issues. I never used hibernation. Maybe, your data loss was caused by Windows updates?
]]>Anyway, make sure you always have a backup, just in case.
]]>Zeash wrote:I've already had an experience with dual booting Windows 10 and Linux Mint 20, let's just say it wasn't fun to say the very least (Windows straight up broke after 2 or 3 updates, all valuable files lost).
Did you remember to disable "fast startup" [sic] in Windows?
I haven't, to be honest I didn't even know that was a thing. I did a quick google search and apparently it helps with dual booting Win10 and Linux. How much safer is it, though?
]]>I've already had an experience with dual booting Windows 10 and Linux Mint 20, let's just say it wasn't fun to say the very least (Windows straight up broke after 2 or 3 updates, all valuable files lost).
Did you remember to disable "fast startup" [sic] in Windows?
]]>As for potential questions you might have:
1) Why don't you just use a virtual machine?
At best a "stable" Windows 10 VM should use roughly a quarter of the PC's resources, as far as I know anyway (I'm using VirtualBox). And while that can support your usual MS Office programs, CDs, printers and whatever else might not work under Linux, it most definitely does not function with any program that requires more resources, such as the vast majority of games, unless you have a real monster PC.
2) How is dual booting on the same disk unstable?
As far as I've heard, different people have different experiences regarding this. I've already had an experience with dual booting Windows 10 and Linux Mint 20, let's just say it wasn't fun to say the very least (Windows straight up broke after 2 or 3 updates, all valuable files lost). That's why it's really not an option.
Thanks for reading.
]]>