[davedazer]

We've all heard of dual booting, but linux and windows dont go too well.
so is it possible that i buy an external hard drive and install linux on it.
can it be booted by selecting USB as a first boot. will it boot the linux with full capabilities on my laptop?
i want to install antergos linux.
while my internal laptop hard drive will have windows 10.

does it have any complications?

[Nil]

We've all heard of dual booting, but linux and windows dont go too well.
so is it possible that i buy an external hard drive and install linux on it.
can it be booted by selecting USB as a first boot. will it boot the linux with full capabilities on my laptop?
i want to install antergos linux.
while my internal laptop hard drive will have windows 10.

does it have any complications?

What do you mean Windows and Linux don't go well while dual booting?

But yes, you can install Linux on an external drive and this is often called making a bootable drive. Keep in mind that depending on your computer, the speeds while using this OS can be limited by the USB transfer speeds (should be fine with USB 3.0). I would look up tutorials, because you're going to need to partition the external drive correctly, and I believe there are tools that will help or do this for you. You'll have to enter your BIOS settings on boot and choose to load the bootable drive.

I'd prefer to just dual boot though, especially if you don't actually need the portability of having a bootable USB drive.

[davedazer]

We've all heard of dual booting, but linux and windows dont go too well.
so is it possible that i buy an external hard drive and install linux on it.
can it be booted by selecting USB as a first boot. will it boot the linux with full capabilities on my laptop?
i want to install antergos linux.
while my internal laptop hard drive will have windows 10.

does it have any complications?

What do you mean Windows and Linux don't go well while dual booting?

But yes, you can install Linux on an external drive and this is often called making a bootable drive. Keep in mind that depending on your computer, the speeds while using this OS can be limited by the USB transfer speeds (should be fine with USB 3.0). I would look up tutorials, because you're going to need to partition the external drive correctly, and I believe there are tools that will help or do this for you. You'll have to enter your BIOS settings on boot and choose to load the bootable drive.

I'd prefer to just dual boot though, especially if you don't actually need the portability of having a bootable USB drive.

I asked some people on here and they were like it locked them out of windows 10 once. so just to be safe i would gladly use an external boot drive, and about partitions? do they need to be in specific order in order to work for a bootable drive purpose?

[Altair]

Yes, just plug your hard drive and install linux on it, don't install bootloader when asked. Go to BIOS and change boot order settings to hard drive 1st. While your pc starting press your boot key and select your external hard drive when you want and login linux, your windows will be stay as normal

[Nil]

We've all heard of dual booting, but linux and windows dont go too well.
so is it possible that i buy an external hard drive and install linux on it.
can it be booted by selecting USB as a first boot. will it boot the linux with full capabilities on my laptop?
i want to install antergos linux.
while my internal laptop hard drive will have windows 10.

does it have any complications?

What do you mean Windows and Linux don't go well while dual booting?

But yes, you can install Linux on an external drive and this is often called making a bootable drive. Keep in mind that depending on your computer, the speeds while using this OS can be limited by the USB transfer speeds (should be fine with USB 3.0). I would look up tutorials, because you're going to need to partition the external drive correctly, and I believe there are tools that will help or do this for you. You'll have to enter your BIOS settings on boot and choose to load the bootable drive.

I'd prefer to just dual boot though, especially if you don't actually need the portability of having a bootable USB drive.

I asked some people on here and they were like it locked them out of windows 10 once. so just to be safe i would gladly use an external boot drive, and about partitions? do they need to be in specific order in order to work for a bootable drive purpose?

Idk, if you correctly configured everything, dual booting should be just as effective as having two separate drives. The order of partitions does not matter for functionality. Usually people just start with / and go from there. Swap isn't really needed but you can make one if you want.

[davedazer]

Yes, just plug your hard drive and install linux on it, don't install bootloader when asked. Go to BIOS and change boot order settings to hard drive 1st. While your pc starting press your boot key and select your external hard drive when you want and login linux,  your windows will be stay as normal

will the speeds be relatively slow?

[davedazer]

What do you mean Windows and Linux don't go well while dual booting?

But yes, you can install Linux on an external drive and this is often called making a bootable drive. Keep in mind that depending on your computer, the speeds while using this OS can be limited by the USB transfer speeds (should be fine with USB 3.0). I would look up tutorials, because you're going to need to partition the external drive correctly, and I believe there are tools that will help or do this for you. You'll have to enter your BIOS settings on boot and choose to load the bootable drive.

I'd prefer to just dual boot though, especially if you don't actually need the portability of having a bootable USB drive.

I asked some people on here and they were like it locked them out of windows 10 once. so just to be safe i would gladly use an external boot drive, and about partitions? do they need to be in specific order in order to work for a bootable drive purpose?

Idk, if you correctly configured everything, dual booting should be just as effective as having two separate drives. The order of partitions does not matter for functionality. Usually people just start with / and go from there. Swap isn't really needed but you can make one if you want.

can we make two partitions for linux? just incase if I wanted to change another window or something?

P.s I just noted we have the same signature. *highfive* lol

[Nil]

I asked some people on here and they were like it locked them out of windows 10 once. so just to be safe i would gladly use an external boot drive, and about partitions? do they need to be in specific order in order to work for a bootable drive purpose?

Idk, if you correctly configured everything, dual booting should be just as effective as having two separate drives. The order of partitions does not matter for functionality. Usually people just start with / and go from there. Swap isn't really needed but you can make one if you want.

can we make two partitions for linux? just incase if I wanted to change another window or something?

P.s I just noted we have the same signature. *highfive* lol

What do you mean by changing another window?

And that's very strange! Didn't even notice it.

[davedazer]

Idk, if you correctly configured everything, dual booting should be just as effective as having two separate drives. The order of partitions does not matter for functionality. Usually people just start with / and go from there. Swap isn't really needed but you can make one if you want.

can we make two partitions for linux? just incase if I wanted to change another window or something?

P.s I just noted we have the same signature. *highfive* lol

What do you mean by changing another window?

And that's very strange! Didn't even notice it.

if i have one partition and i wanted to install another windows on my external hard disk. i would need to format it first. so another hard drive where my important data is kept should be safe.

[Nil]

can we make two partitions for linux? just incase if I wanted to change another window or something?

P.s I just noted we have the same signature. *highfive* lol

What do you mean by changing another window?

And that's very strange! Didn't even notice it.

if i have one partition and i wanted to install another windows on my external hard disk. i would need to format it first. so another hard drive where my important data is kept should be safe.

So you won't both linux and windows on your external? Yes you can do that but it's recommended to install windows first. You should always have another drive to backup data.