do you think having a bootable drive is a good idea for having both windows and linux

[sphixy]

hello i was thinkg about having a bootable drive that can run window 10

i would download linux directly to my pc

and have a bootable drive that would allow me to use windows when i needed it.

do you think this is a good idea ?

[Analog]

4 minutes ago, sphixy said:

hello i was thinkg about having a bootable drive that can run window 10

i would download linux directly to my pc

and have a bootable drive that would allow me to use windows when i needed it.

do you think this is a good idea ?

 

I don't think that there is any problem with that. Just make sure that this bootable drive is decent speed, unless you want to wait for Windows to boot up and all processes to initialize until you retire  

[Princess Luna]

It certainly makes things easier to just have a second dedicated storage device for dual-booting purposes, and it also reduces the risk of you doing something wrong. I personally have Windows and Linux on two different devices exactly for the sake of this convenience, and not having to deal with any complicated partitioning.

[sphixy]

Just now, Analog said:

 

I don't think that there is any problem with that. Just make sure that this bootable drive is decent speed, unless you want to wait for Windows to boot up and all processes to initialize until you retire  

i think i will do it with a  SSD i think it will be fast enough

[NunoLava1998]

3 minutes ago, Analog said:

 

I don't think that there is any problem with that. Just make sure that this bootable drive is decent speed, unless you want to wait for Windows to boot up and all processes to initialize until you retire  

Yep; while dual-booting is probably a better solution, if you need something portable, something like an external NVMe SSD would do very well

Edited April 22, 2021 by NunoLava1998
Misinterpreted it and thought OP meant an external drive for Windows and not two separate internal drives

[SlashedM]

Just now, sphixy said:

i think i will do it with a  SSD i think it will be fast enough

You can, and its probably the best or better option, there are multiple ways to do this to be honest, you can put the Linux install on a USB as well, although not the greatest experience. 

[sphixy]

1 minute ago, Princess Luna said:

It certainly makes things easier to just have a second dedicated storage device for dual-booting purposes, and it also reduces the risk of you doing something wrong. I personally have Windows and Linux on two different devices exactly for the sake of this convenience, and not having to deal with any complicated partitioning.

i dont want to make a dual boot its a little to hard for me and i dont want to make my pc unusable

[SlashedM]

1 minute ago, sphixy said:

i dont want to make a dual boot its a little to hard for me and i dont want to make my pc unusable

If you have Linux installed on a PC, even on a separate drive, with windows as well its still mostly considered "dual boot", unless its a VM or such.

[Analog]

1 minute ago, sphixy said:

i dont want to make a dual boot its a little to hard for me and i dont want to make my pc unusable

 

Just now, SlashedM said:

If you have Linux installed on a PC, even on a separate drive, its still mostly considered "dual boot", unless its a VM or such.

 

I was just going to say that. Pretty much every solution aside from a VM would be a dual boot. There is just different ways to go about it.