Any viable option if you can’t install 2 drives? My laptop only allows one. It currently has Win10 on it and I’m hoping to replace it with Linux with an option to boot into Windows when needed, especially for my wife who isn’t as technical or experienced with Linux. Not sure if there’s anyway to do it without Windows nuking my setup.
Simply dual-booting is viable. My Win10 + Arch worked well for over a year. If you’re worried about Windows Update nuking the EFI partition, you can clone a backup of just that partition (dd or a dedicated tool like Clonezilla) that you can then restore from a live environment if needed. Another option, if the disk becomes unbootable, is to boot into a live environment from a USB stick and simply reinstall GRUB into the EFI partition.
(edit) It’s also a good idea to reduce the frequency of forced updates. You can do that using WinUtil.
Any viable option if you can’t install 2 drives? My laptop only allows one. It currently has Win10 on it and I’m hoping to replace it with Linux with an option to boot into Windows when needed, especially for my wife who isn’t as technical or experienced with Linux. Not sure if there’s anyway to do it without Windows nuking my setup.
Simply dual-booting is viable. My Win10 + Arch worked well for over a year. If you’re worried about Windows Update nuking the EFI partition, you can clone a backup of just that partition (
ddor a dedicated tool like Clonezilla) that you can then restore from a live environment if needed. Another option, if the disk becomes unbootable, is to boot into a live environment from a USB stick and simply reinstall GRUB into the EFI partition.(edit) It’s also a good idea to reduce the frequency of forced updates. You can do that using WinUtil.