So I have not booted my windows partition for fear that it would break my boot.

Is there a way to circumvent this before the bug hits my system yet?

Did windows ever fix that?

I am this close to just deleting the entire partition and adding it to my Linux partition as a data and or log drive instead

  • some_guy
    231·
    4 days ago

    I think you should ask in the Linux sub to maximize expert advice. It’s fine that you asked here, but there’s more expert opinions there.

    • CrashumbcEnglish
      125·
      4 days ago

      The Linux sub, while knowledgeable, would be a bad place to ask this question.

      All the OP would get is ridicule still having windows partition.

      • palordrolap
        100·
        4 days ago

        What you’ve got to realise is that the Linux folks who don’t have Windows any more have literally no idea how to fix this problem because it’s not a problem they’ve ever had to face. Or if they have, it was a very long time ago and for some who realise their knowledge is stale, they decide to cover it up with bullying and a claim of superiority.

        Source: Am Linux with very stale Windows knowledge. I do not know the answer to OP’s question. This makes me feel inadequate. I will choose the true superior path of not being an ass about it. (Instead being an ass about those who would be, I guess. Hee-haw.)

      • metaStatic
        21·
        4 days ago

        well it depends on how long it’s been. long enough and just deleting it is the correct choice.

  • Interstellar_1
    100·
    4 days ago

    I think (not positive) that if you launch windows from bios it can’t break your boot.

    • metaStatic
      60·
      4 days ago

      I do this with the default boot being linux and never had any drama, but they’re on different drives so can’t really speak on partition safety.

  • undefined
    90·
    4 days ago

    Are you talking about the old-school issue where it wipes out your boot loader or the more recent issue where Windows hoses Linux for whatever “security” reason?

  • Its_Always_420English
    10·
    3 days ago

    I switched to reFind boot manager and had to run a boot repair on the Windows partition with the Win11 USB installer. But it looks like everything is functioning now.

  • NuXCOM_90Percent
    27·
    4 days ago

    So… Windows?

    I vaguely recall an extra worry a few min because. But my expert is that windows inevitably clobbers the boot loader eventually. So unless it is a laptop (where you are better off with a VM or wsl anyway) just give each os their own disc and use the BIOS for boot order.