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bruh-i-use-arch-cow

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Registered: 2020-07-01

Posts: 46

[SOLVED] Unable to install Windows 10 (dualboot) (ARCH RELATED)

As of now arch is my main os. Everything works fine, but i realized i also need Windows for school. i considered to run windows on VM, but my PC is not on the high-end and it's performance is bad.
So my problem comes from trying to install or dualboot Windows form arch from USB flash to my /dev/sdb physical internal drive.
lsblk output

NAME   MAJ:MIN RM   SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda      8:0    0 465.8G  0 disk 
├─sda1   8:1    0     1G  0 part /boot
├─sda3   8:3    0     8G  0 part [SWAP]
└─sda4   8:4    0 456.8G  0 part /
sdb      8:16   0 232.9G  0 disk 
└─sdb1   8:17   0 232.9G  0 part 
sdc      8:32   1  14.4G  0 disk 

and so far only result i got is this:

https://i.imgur.com/pjUMtk1g.jpg

i know this it is stupid to ask Windows questions from ARCH community, but i have no choice other then read windows support pages or watch some old indian youtube videos. (plz help)
List of things i tryed:

• download different windows os form different sources;

• try different programs/methods to create bootable USB flash drives (like dd,woeusb,UNetbootin,etc.)

• read https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Du … th_Windows.

• use windows recovery

• use ms-sys

• try different usb memory sticks

• different usb ports

should i just wipe my hard drives and install Windows first?

moderator edit -- replaced oversized image with link.
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Last edited by bruh-i-use-arch-cow (2020-07-08 20:07:30)

VoDo

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From: Europe

Registered: 2020-06-04

Posts: 122

Re: [SOLVED] Unable to install Windows 10 (dualboot) (ARCH RELATED)

Personally I would do this:
Backup data and  (dot files and folders in Home except .cache)
In arch save current packages pacman -Qq > packages.txt
Wipe out disk and install windows first, update it
Make partition for arch
Install arch
then
pacman -S - < packages.txt
copy back files
reboot
You should be where you are now, if you did not change files in root
OR install timeshift, do a backup and then restore.

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Archi3

bruh-i-use-arch-cow

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Registered: 2020-07-01

Posts: 46

Re: [SOLVED] Unable to install Windows 10 (dualboot) (ARCH RELATED)

Personally I would do this:
Backup data and  (dot files and folders in Home except .cache)
In arch save current packages pacman -Qq > packages.txt
Wipe out disk and install windows first, update it
Make partition for arch
Install arch
then
pacman -S - < packages.txt
copy back files
reboot
You should be where you are now, if you did not change files in root
OR install timeshift, do a backup and then restore.

thats seems like a lot of pain, but ill try if nothing else works.

Last edited by bruh-i-use-arch-cow (2020-07-08 18:36:52)