Not sure if this is a "me-issue" or if this is Microsoft being a dick.

Am I not supposed to dualboot with an external drive?

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[–] 25 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Fun fact part 2: windows will (or used to) overwrite grub when installing updates, but not all updates that would make it predictable and less fun

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    That never happened to me in the last 10 years of dual-booting.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago

    It did to me. I actually stopped using Arch because I thought an Arch update nuked my bootloader during an update. It wasn’t until a couple years later when I’d learned more that I realized it was more than likely windows “upgrading” to 11.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago

    I've found the only long-term, totally happy dual boot system is where you autoboot into Linux. And never boot into Windows. Every now and then I have to go back into my Win10 to do something (much rarer now, almost ready to reclaim some space). Boy, Windows hates having any signs you've been somewhere else.

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