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cequalspid

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Registered: 2016-03-21

Posts: 9

dual boot Arch/W10 -> Arch solely on main NVME and W10 on external ssd

Hi all, I currently have a dual boot Arch/W10 install on an EVO 850 250GB ssd. I primarily use Arch.

Purchased a new Adata 480 GB nvme/m.2 and wanted to migrate Arch to it. That part I'm sure I can figure out.

The part I'm wondering is can I install W10 on an external and plug it in and boot off it as needed and leave Arch as the primary? I'm wondering what bootloader work I might have to do.

**I considered virtual machine but really prefer to have W10 on its own and trying to keep space inside the ITX case to a minimum. the nvme will also take up two of the sata ports.

if it's a bad idea, ill keep the dual boot on the nvme i guess.

Last edited by cequalspid (2018-07-04 17:24:38)

Rio6

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Registered: 2016-01-16

Posts: 17

Re: dual boot Arch/W10 -> Arch solely on main NVME and W10 on external ssd

If you use grub and have os-probe installed, it should find Win10 in the external drive when you run `grub-mkconfig`.