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Best way to dual boot laptop - Linux and Windows (lemmy.world)
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I'm looking to install Linux on our home laptop and see if I can convince my wife to migrate off Windows. Since I'm not sure there won't be times we need or want to boot back into Windows, I want to set it up so we can dual boot. The laptop only has a spot for one drive however so I can't use two drives and chose them with the bios. I know in the past Windows has been problematic with dual boot setups on a single drive, corrupting the boot drive following updates and what-not. I'd really like to avoid that if possible.

Any suggestions on how best to go about it, or something I should at least avoid because it's known to be problematic?

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[–] [S] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

Thank you for the reply. I only know enough about dd to know I don't know enough to be doing anything with it, but I might try it anyway. 😀 I can clone the old to new drive using Macrium Reflect but not sure if that might impact the Linux install that follows... I assume not.

Anyway, thank you again for sharing so many details.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    You can do it. The main thing to watch out for is correct in and out device names. If you switch them it's not going to warn you before overwriting the current drive with the emptiness of the new drive!

    Also, you'll need to sudo that command. But lsblk is something you can do as a regular user.

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