[davedazer]

Windows and Linux dual boot just fine. It takes a slight bit of prep, like resizing partitions, but It not difficult.

Can you direct me to a proper tutorial?

[Skullmeat]

Windows and Linux dual boot just fine. It takes a slight bit of prep, like resizing partitions, but It not difficult.

Can you direct me to a proper tutorial?

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Dua...th_Windows
https://askubuntu.com/questions/221835/i...-with-uefi

Really all that you need to do is shrink your windows partition. Install your Linux distro as normal. when asked where to install, make sure you choose allocated space. The Linux installer should list what partitions you have and when file systems they use. Windows uses NTFS, so leave any partitions with that file system alone.

[davedazer]

Windows and Linux dual boot just fine. It takes a slight bit of prep, like resizing partitions, but It not difficult.

Can you direct me to a proper tutorial?

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Dua...th_Windows
https://askubuntu.com/questions/221835/i...-with-uefi

Really all that you need to do is shrink your windows partition. Install your Linux distro as normal. when asked where to install, make sure you choose allocated space. The Linux installer should list what partitions you have and when file systems they use. Windows uses NTFS, so leave any partitions with that file system alone.

can you be more elaborate?

[Skullmeat]

Can you direct me to a proper tutorial?

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Dua...th_Windows
https://askubuntu.com/questions/221835/i...-with-uefi

Really all that you need to do is shrink your windows partition. Install your Linux distro as normal. when asked where to install, make sure you choose allocated space. The Linux installer should list what partitions you have and when file systems they use. Windows uses NTFS, so leave any partitions with that file system alone.

can you be more elaborate?

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...09169.aspx

You need to resize your windows partition in disk management. I'm not gonna babysit you, if you can't follow those guides I linked you shouldn't be messing with partitions.

[davedazer]

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Dua...th_Windows
https://askubuntu.com/questions/221835/i...-with-uefi

Really all that you need to do is shrink your windows partition. Install your Linux distro as normal. when asked where to install, make sure you choose allocated space. The Linux installer should list what partitions you have and when file systems they use. Windows uses NTFS, so leave any partitions with that file system alone.

can you be more elaborate?

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...09169.aspx

You need to resize your windows partition in disk management. I'm not gonna babysit you, if you can't follow those guides I linked you shouldn't be messing with partitions.

I know how to manage partitions, i just didnt get , to what parameters should i resize them and stuff.

[mothered]

I know how to manage partitions, i just didnt get , to what parameters should i resize them and stuff.

It depends on your usability, meaning the volume you plan to utilize not only for the OS Itself but also for Installed apps, stored data etc.

[davedazer]

I know how to manage partitions, i just didnt get , to what parameters should i resize them and stuff.

It depends on your usability, meaning the volume you plan to utilize not only for the OS Itself but also for Installed apps, stored data etc.

Ok thanks.

[Go Johnny Go!]

Why do they not go too well? I have triple booted before. Windows XP, Debian 6, and some other dumb old operating system that I tried out.

I have also dual booted Windows 7 and Arch Linux, and dual booted Windows 10 with PC-BSD (TrueOS).

They go perfectly fine. Although using only one operating system on a single hard drive is indeed a tiny bit better, there is really no difference between dual booting and using one operating system except for less hard drive space.

If you partition and set everything up correctly, you will have absolutely no errors. The person you were talking about who got locked out of Windows 10 did not know what he/she was doing, and obviously was not careful (probably while partitioning) and fucked up.

Dual booting Windows 10 and Linux is not a bad thing at all. I was as much of a chicken shit as you were when I first dual booted, but as soon as I did it, I was no longer a chicken shit and told myself, "wow, this is fucking easy."

[boobyboy]

If you're having issues dual booting, install windows then the linux distribution, because installing windows usually rewrites the entire bootloader for most linux distributions.

[mothered]

If you're having issues dual booting, install windows then the linux distribution, because installing windows usually rewrites the entire bootloader for most linux distributions.

One of many reasons why I simply Install Linux (and other OSes) on a VM.

My hardware can well & truly accommodate multiple VMs simultaneously, hence I don't experience any loss of stability and functionality.