I'm planning to set up a dual boot system and have a question about partitioning my SSDs. My laptop currently has two SSDs: a 512GB Gen4 drive with Windows OS on it, and a 1TB Gen3 drive that I'm using for games and larger programs. Is it okay if I partition the 1TB drive in half to install Linux? This way, I'd have separate operating systems on different drives, and I still want to keep Windows on the faster Gen4 drive for better performance.
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It's perfectly fine to do that! Just ensure you allocate enough space for your Linux installation, maybe around 100GB would work well if you want to use the rest for shared files.
Linux is really flexible; it can work from various setups, even USB drives. There are lots of affordable NVMe adapters available if you want to try that out in the future!
Yeah, for sure. In my experience, the GRUB bootloader doesn’t care about the partitions being on different drives, as long as they’re functional. I used to do something similar with my own setup.
Yes, partitioning is a great idea! Just make sure both operating systems have access to the files you want to share. Enjoy your dual boot setup!
Absolutely, that's totally doable! You can partition your 1TB drive, just make sure to set the EFI partition on your 512GB SSD so that GRUB can find Windows.
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