I have dual boot with Garuda and Windows 11, Garuda on one hard drive and Windows on another, can I have problems with Windows Updates with one of those big updates and break the boot or grub, and what about for those who have a dual boot with Windows but have everything on the same hard drive?
Thank you.
It is uncommon for Windows to wipe bootloader information on the ESP. It was somewhat more common with MBR setups, but nowadays you rarely hear about it anymore. Even if Windows does wipe the bootloader, it’s easy to fix and only takes a few minutes if you have your bootable thumb drive handy.
With a setup like this, it is even less likely Windows will break anything. This is probably the safest setup, aside from only having one of the disks physically attached at a time.
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I was referring to the problems derived from WIndows Updates and having the kernel signed, as it can break it if you go from version 23h1 to version 23h2 or earlier to the latest one. Windows has the habit of corrupting the EFI partition.
It seems you answered your own question. Yes it can.
It’s less common than it used to be and it’s easier to fix. You can mitigate it further by having them on spare drives. I ran like this for years on a work laptop with no issue. My wife still has her computer like this. You can go further unplugging the drives when not in use. And completely fix the problem by removing windows completely.
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Thank you for your response. My intention is to get rid of Windows, although there are things that need to be polished, such as games and some other programs.
What you said about disconnecting the disks, although it is a radical solution for me, I prefer not to touch the hardware, but I see that it can be useful in certain circumstances.
Many decades ago, I simply cut off the power supply with self-soldered cable connections to the power supply using a toggle switch that I inserted into the PC case. Later there were racks where you simply pulled the hard drives out of the case so that they didn’t get any power. Better versions could be protected from accidental removal with a lock. Today everything is much faster with nvme, and easier to repair if problems arise.
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Luckily there’s still the other options provided. You’ve been shown some options. At this point it’s really up to you. Good luck.
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Ha, ha, I thought I was the only one who used to do that. I used mini toggle switches mounted to the plates used to fill empty slots on the back of the computer. That way I didn’t have to drill out the computer case itself. I think I had up to 4 drives able to be toggled on and off on one computer
I friggin hate Windows and it’s file systems. Nothing but problems when mixed with Linux. I bought my sister a 1TB USB Nvme drive for an Xmas present. I’ve been filling it with media for entertainment for her. I formated it in NTFS, as she only uses Windows. What a royal pain trying to fill it with files. The stupid thing chokes on file transfers and I often had to reboot to make it accessible again. I forgot what a bloody pain Windows file systems are with Linux.
Hate them with a passion.
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One thing to also note. If you do have this issue for whatever reason, Check in bios your boot order windows likes to put it self first. You don’t see it as much but i do know some windows updates in the past on 11 and 10 liked to shake it up like that.
Just move the linux one first save an your good to go.
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