DuelBooting?

[Zacer]

Hey,

So I am aware duel booting isnt safe in terms of loosing important data however I want to duel boot linux mint and windows 10 safely so i can keep them both without loosing data. Is there any possible way I can do that?

I wasnt sure if this would help however i can install both operating systems on different hard drives.

[OrangeSunshine]

Yep! Im doing it right now on both my laptops. The mint installer comes with the grub boot manager, and you just have to select which OS you want at startup. I haven't had a data loss problelm in years. Just back up your stuff if you are worried. 

[Zacer]

3 minutes ago, OrangeSunshine said:

Yep! Im doing it right now on both my laptops. The mint installer comes with the grub boot mamager, and you just have to select which OS you want at startup. I haven't had a data loss problelm in years. Just back up your stuff if you are worried. 

What version of Linux are you using?

 

[OrangeSunshine]

15 hours ago, Zacer said:

What version of Linux are you using?

 

Linux mint 20.1. Also, it may be worth mentioning that there is a program called gparted in the mint installer that allows you to adjust drive partition sizes. That is how I am running it on my laptops with 1 drive, so you should be good on that front too.

[Zacer]

7 minutes ago, OrangeSunshine said:

Linux mint 20.1. Also, it may be worth mentioning that there is a program called gparted in the mint installer that allows you to sjust drive partition sizes. That is how I am running it on my laptops with 1 drive, so you should be good on that front too.

Ok thanks mate.

 

[Zacer]

8 minutes ago, OrangeSunshine said:

Linux mint 20.1. Also, it may be worth mentioning that there is a program called gparted in the mint installer that allows you to sjust drive partition sizes. That is how I am running it on my laptops with 1 drive, so you should be good on that front too.

Sorry what version? Cinnamon? 

[OrangeSunshine]

4 minutes ago, Zacer said:

Sorry what version? Cinnamon? 

That is the desktop environment I like, yea. Is this your first foray into linux by chance?

[Zacer]

1 minute ago, OrangeSunshine said:

That is the desktop environment I like, yea. Is this your first foray into linux by chance?

Well im pretty new to it so im trying to figure out a way to do things safely

 

[OrangeSunshine]

1 minute ago, Zacer said:

Well im pretty new to it so im trying to figure out a way to do things safely

 

The installer is about as beginner friendly as you can get, and I genuinely think that it is less tedious to install mint than windows. However, I'd recommend watching a video on the installation process just to know what is coming and make decisions about what drives you want mint on. 

Here is a pretty good review and install of mint. He runs it in a VM, so the actual installation process begins at about 8 min in.

[Zacer]

1 hour ago, OrangeSunshine said:

The installer is about as beginner friendly as you can get, and I genuinely think that it is less tedious to install mint than windows. However, I'd recommend watching a video on the installation process just to know what is coming and make decisions about what drives you want mint on. 

Here is a pretty good review and install of mint. He runs it in a VM, so the actual installation process begins at about 8 min in.

Ok thank you