1. back everything up
2. wipe the drive
3. install linux on it
4. put windows in a VM
5. profit

Telemetry problem microsoft?

Windows can't fuck your bootloader if you never boot to Windows

Their linux should still be there, right? They just need to fix their bootloader. (and wipe Windows.) Right?

I can't trust windows enough to install it on the same ssd where my Linux distro reside.

solution: make a linux distro that deletes the windows bootloader

I don't doubt that it can happen but Windows has never messed with my GRUB even on major updates and even, IIRC, when "upgrading" from Windows 10 to 11.

Use sleep mode

Ah yes, the classic dual-boot woes

It always sucks dual booting in my experience. It’s an exercise in balancing maintenance and disk space management between two operating systems. You’re always likely patching if you actively switch between them.

I think it’s usually better to choose one and virtualize the other. I’d rather choose Linux + Windows VM than the other way around.

The trick is to have a second EFI partition. One for windows to destroy, and one for linux to enjoy.

This should not happen unless you booted into windows and ran an update.

I have Linux and Windows on separate drives.

If you're lucky, it's still on the disk and you just need to "repair" the bootloader.

If not, well, that traumatised Mr Incredible pastiche might be at least a circle of hell too pleasant.

You have backups, right?

Don't dual boot, flatten and rebuild.

"B-but my gaaaaaamez!!!"

Can that actually happen like this? If Windows killed the bootloader wouldn't that mean that you couldn't boot into Kubuntu either? Or can it somehow kill the bootloader when the PC is turned off?

I constantly tell people the dangers of dual booting. They don't listen and then it breaks.

Grub had/has this issue every time windows does a cumulative monthly update. Systemd doesn't have this issue.

Separate ssd's lets go

While microsoft has admitted to bugs causing exactly this scenario. I personally have a stabe 6 months with dual-boot. And only updating cachos once a month or every two weeks has been fine. The server and rog ally exclusively runs linux.