I unfortunately need Windows for work reasons, and will be installing Windows 10 on a separate drive. My main drive is Fedora with full disk LUKS2 encryption, and I’ll install Win10 on the other drive through live USB while the Linux drive is disconnected. I have some questions related to this setup however:
- I do not have Secure Boot enabled, but iirc Windows 10 should have no issues with it?
- Will the two operating systems be truly isolated and independent? I.e. if I boot into one, it won’t in any way affect the other? I’m particularly nervous about Windows trying something on the Linux drive.
- If the Windows drive installs some kernel-level stuff like anti-cheat, would it manage to affect the Linux drive? E.g. alter the boot options?
- I’ll be installing Win10 using this tool; are there any considerations I should make for such a dual boot setup?
I know this post is a little bit Windows-directed, so let me know if I should make my post elsewhere. Thank you for the help!
I can’t answer all question, but from my dual-booting experience (Win10, Mint) you don’t want to open data on one system drive through the other system. In my machine I had Drive A (Win10), Drive B (Mint) and Drive C (to dump data on) When booting up Windows, it frequently told me to wait while it repaired Drive C. I suppose linux and windows leave different traces on drives they use, causing Windows to think there is something worth repairing on the drive. Linux had no issues with it, I think. But most importantly I didn’t lose any data.
I don’t think kernel level anticheat should mess with your boot options, at least it didn’t for me.