I just installed a second SSD in my PC and I'm looking to dual boot Windows and Arch Linux. Do I need to install a bootloader on the new SSD, or is the one that came with Windows good enough?
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It's actually best to install the bootloader on your new drive. During the Arch installation, consider removing your Windows drive temporarily. This helps avoid any mix-ups with bootloader settings. After installing, you can reconnect the Windows drive, but you might need to set up OS-prober to find it. This way, you won't run into issues like a full Windows boot partition since that one is often only 100MB.
Yeah, just install the bootloader on the new SSD. It keeps things tidy and avoids any potential conflicts with Windows.
You'll definitely want to use a Linux bootloader like GRUB, systemd-boot, or rEFInd instead of Windows' bootloader. The Windows bootloader won't allow you to access your Linux installation properly. Switching to a Linux bootloader will give you the option to select which OS to boot into.
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