▲ 303 ▼ Microsoft Issues Free Update Offer To Millions Of Windows Users (ads in windows update menu) (www.forbes.com) submitted 1 year ago by mesamunefire@piefed.social to c/technology@lemmy.world 96 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] npdean@lemmy.today 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children) Windows 10 deleted my PopOS bootloader, again permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] AstralPath@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago (4 children) Do you dual boot off the same drive or have separate drives and this issue occurred anyway? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] npdean@lemmy.today 2 points 1 year ago (3 children) First time, I had same drive. Then I read that it is better to have different drives, so second time I installed Windows on a different drive. It still managed to mess up Linux. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] f4f4f4f4f4f4f4f4@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago AFAIK, you need to use seperate drives and install the OSes in such a way that each drive has its own EFI partition. (Installing with the other drive disconnected is the easy way.) Then only use your UEFI boot selection menu to choose which drive to boot from. permalink fedilink source parent [–] AstralPath@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) Thanks! I'll disconnect my Linux drive when its time to accept Microsoft's shitty upgrade. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] npdean@lemmy.today 2 points 1 year ago I don't know what caused it exactly permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AstralPath@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago (4 children) Do you dual boot off the same drive or have separate drives and this issue occurred anyway? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] npdean@lemmy.today 2 points 1 year ago (3 children) First time, I had same drive. Then I read that it is better to have different drives, so second time I installed Windows on a different drive. It still managed to mess up Linux. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] f4f4f4f4f4f4f4f4@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago AFAIK, you need to use seperate drives and install the OSes in such a way that each drive has its own EFI partition. (Installing with the other drive disconnected is the easy way.) Then only use your UEFI boot selection menu to choose which drive to boot from. permalink fedilink source parent [–] AstralPath@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) Thanks! I'll disconnect my Linux drive when its time to accept Microsoft's shitty upgrade. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] npdean@lemmy.today 2 points 1 year ago I don't know what caused it exactly permalink fedilink source parent
[–] npdean@lemmy.today 2 points 1 year ago (3 children) First time, I had same drive. Then I read that it is better to have different drives, so second time I installed Windows on a different drive. It still managed to mess up Linux. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] f4f4f4f4f4f4f4f4@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago AFAIK, you need to use seperate drives and install the OSes in such a way that each drive has its own EFI partition. (Installing with the other drive disconnected is the easy way.) Then only use your UEFI boot selection menu to choose which drive to boot from. permalink fedilink source parent [–] AstralPath@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) Thanks! I'll disconnect my Linux drive when its time to accept Microsoft's shitty upgrade. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] npdean@lemmy.today 2 points 1 year ago I don't know what caused it exactly permalink fedilink source parent
[–] f4f4f4f4f4f4f4f4@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago AFAIK, you need to use seperate drives and install the OSes in such a way that each drive has its own EFI partition. (Installing with the other drive disconnected is the easy way.) Then only use your UEFI boot selection menu to choose which drive to boot from. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AstralPath@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) Thanks! I'll disconnect my Linux drive when its time to accept Microsoft's shitty upgrade. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] npdean@lemmy.today 2 points 1 year ago I don't know what caused it exactly permalink fedilink source parent
[–] npdean@lemmy.today 2 points 1 year ago I don't know what caused it exactly permalink fedilink source parent