I’m planning on adding a dual-booting section to my guide on how to install Linux and I need some input from people who are dual booting Windows and Linux:

  • How did you allocate the partition for Linux? Did you use Disk Management from Windows or did you allocate the partition as part of the installation process?

  • How do you share data between the two partitions? Do you create a third partition that both OS partitions have access to? Do you use external drives/flash drives? Or do you just have no need to share data between the two drives?

  • farting_weedman [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    5 months ago

    If you have bitlocker, resize the partition from inside windows or turn it off.

    If you don’t have bit locker, make a backup and do it in the Linux installer.

    People will say you gotta have a different drive to keep windows from fucking up your bootloader, I’ve seen it mess up grub on a different drive. It’s better to know that this is going to happen and prepare for it by looking up your distros grub reinstallation process from usb boot than to try to avoid it altogether.

    Linux can read windows partitions (if you don’t have bitlocker) and windows can read Linux partitions with a driver. I used to keep a second drive as a dmz/storage device.

    I just switched to a completely virtualised windows instead of dual booting. Feels good.