• NιƙƙιDιɱҽʂ@lemmy.world
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    5 hours ago

    And then Windows yoinks your bootloader back and your Linux boot option poofs…

    More of a Windows issue than anything, but still annoying af.

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      It is annoying. You can avoid by installing Linux on a different hard drive. Obviously not always an optiion but maybe.

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      Ideally, you should install Linux on a separate physical drive, then this never happens.

      But yes, not applicable for everyone. In any case, this can be trivially fixed if you went through this once before.

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        4 hours ago

        I had it on a separate drive and this happened to me some how. Perhaps it was my own fuck up, it was a while ago.

        Just resulted in me nuking Windows anyhow, and it’s been fine ever since 🤷‍♀️

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          Maybe the BIOS/UEFI prioritized wrong drive? Or something fine wrong with GRUB.

          Anyhow, congrats on ditching this shithole altogether!