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:

  1. I do not have Secure Boot enabled, but iirc Windows 10 should have no issues with it?
  2. 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.
  3. 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?
  4. 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!

  • nil@piefed.caEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Do you really need to boot your computer in Windows? Maybe a VM is good enough?

    • Havatra@lemmy.zipOPEnglish
      2·
      1 month ago

      I’m doing a lot of local compiling and GPU heavy stuff, so I’m thinking a dedicated drive is a little bit more comfortable, as long as there aren’t any issues like the concerns mentioned.