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Can I dual boot windows and Linux?
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If you intend to install both, install Windows first. It has a habit of overwriting other bootloaders.
When you install Linux second, it should install a bootloader that will let you choose which OS to boot each time you turn on the computer.
Always backup data you care about. Installing an OS carries some risk of data loss.
Excellent. Thank you for the advice. Having the boott selection come up is perfect. It's going to be a new build. I hope Linux is happy. Last time I did this I had all kinds of trouble and was advised to wait for people to write drivers.
also as a suggestion for a os selector, i really likr rEFInd personally. good luck!
So this would replace grub?
yeah it would
What makes it better?
it has a nice ui and in my experience it picks up boot media automatically (live usbs, ssds, etc), plus it comes in handy if windows ever does nuke your existing boot menu since the install from a live usb is easy