Question about Dual Boot

[mathstrat]

I'm currently using an ssd just for Windows and programs, and all my other files are on an 1TB HDD.

If i install Linux on the ssd along with Windows, can i access the other files there are on the HDD?

[EPPHO]

Yeah you can. Though from my personal experience Linux and Windows on the same drive don't work well. (maybe it's just me)

[Windows7ge]

Linux (like Ubuntu) can read NTFS partitions and I think I was told it can write but you have to enable the write feature.

 

 If you buy storage media and format it to fat32 you can share it between the two OS's easily.

 

15 minutes ago, frozeNNN said:

Yeah you can. Though from my personal experience Linux and Windows on the same drive don't work well. (maybe it's just me)

My own experience says it works quite well my laptop & desktop are dual boot. Assuming you dedicated a partition to Linux the two operating systems won't interact in any way that would cause conflict.

[mathstrat]

33 minutes ago, frozeNNN said:

Yeah you can. Though from my personal experience Linux and Windows on the same drive don't work well. (maybe it's just me)

 

22 minutes ago, Windows7ge said:

Linux (like Ubuntu) can read NTFS partitions and I think I was told it can write but you have to enable the write feature.

 

 If you buy storage media and format it to fat32 you can share it between the two OS's easily.

 

My own experience says it works quite well my laptop & desktop are dual boot. Assuming you dedicated a partition to Linux the two operating systems won't interact in any way that would cause conflict.

 

Cool, if i buy another ssd and use one for each OS, it works the same way? I should be able to access data from my files HDD, right?

[Windows7ge]

8 minutes ago, mathstrat said:

Cool, if i buy another ssd and use one for each OS, it works the same way? I should be able to access data from my files HDD, right?

I'm actually not 100% sure on that one. The Windows Boot Loader or Linux GRUB might ask if you'd like to boot the opposing physical drive or you may have to use the BIOS boot menu to switch between them. This is typically F10 or F11 but varies based on motherboard vendor.

 

As for the HDD. It should. You may have to adjust some settings to get Linux to recognize what is likely a NTFS formatted HDD but I've been told it's possible. Again alternatively FAT32 should be plug'n'play for either OS. Understand though if you use FAT32 that it has a maximum file size limitation of I believe 4GB. Let me double-check.

 

EDIT:

Yeah for all intensive purposes its a 4GB limit.

[EPPHO]

1 hour ago, Windows7ge said:

My own experience says it works quite well my laptop & desktop are dual boot. Assuming you dedicated a partition to Linux the two operating systems won't interact in any way that would cause conflict.

I've installed it on different partitions obviously, bit every time I boot something doesn't work. Sometimes touchpad, sometimes it wouldn't boot and is stuck, sometimes it wouldn't turn off or restart (had to force shut down laptop) and the list goes on...

[Windows7ge]

26 minutes ago, frozeNNN said:

I've installed it on different partitions obviously, bit every time I boot something doesn't work. Sometimes touchpad, sometimes it wouldn't boot and is stuck, sometimes it wouldn't turn off or restart (had to force shut down laptop) and the list goes on...

Sometimes that's just a hardware compatibility issue. Try a different distro or an older version. Also check that the touchpad is enabled. I made that mistake when I was installing windows on one of my friends laptops. We were on an endless search for what we thought was a driver issue. Turned out you could toggle the touchpad. Who knew.

[EPPHO]

23 hours ago, Windows7ge said:

Sometimes that's just a hardware compatibility issue. Try a different distro or an older version. Also check that the touchpad is enabled. I made that mistake when I was installing windows on one of my friends laptops. We were on an endless search for what we thought was a driver issue. Turned out you could toggle the touchpad. Who knew.

I've had too many problems with it so I decided to give it a try and install it on separate storage drive and now it works perfectly