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kitamesume:
theres also the plan of installing linux first then windows next, window's installer isn't really shy about sharing a drive by a different partition.
Bob2004:
--- Quote from: kitamesume on January 26, 2012, 04:56:11 PM ---theres also the plan of installing linux first then windows next, window's installer isn't really shy about sharing a drive by a different partition.
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The Windows installer also refuses to accept the existence of any form of Linux, so it'll overwrite the boot loader with its own one, but won't provide an option to boot the existing Linux install. You can then reinstall the Linux boot loader again, but its complicated and a pain, so not advisable.
In any case, if it was a problem to do with Windows already being installed (which there shouldn't be, at all), then the installer wouldn't just freeze; it would most likely at least tell you there was a problem.
Burkingam:
IMO it's better to install windows and linux in different hdd. Since Linux is not a jerk, it will detect windows normally, so it's better to boot with your linux hdd, but if you ever have a problem with it, just choose your windows hdd with your bios and you can still boot with windows. If your windows hdd brakes, buy a new one, unplug your linux hdd, reinstall windows, replug linux and choose your linux hdd with your bios.
Bob2004:
Yeah, but generally, so long as you install Windows first, and any flavours of Linux afterwards, there shouldn't be any real problems, even if they're both just on different partitions on the same drive. Linux will detect the Windows install and add it to GRUB's boot list, so unless GRUB breaks (unlikely), you can always get to Windows even if Linux won't boot.
If you have two hard drives, installing them both to seperate disks is probably not a bad idea though, I agree.
Burkingam:
^If your windows brakes (likely) you will have to reinstall it and that's gonna be a problem of windows and linux are on the same drive.
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