It’s called dual-booting, and yes there are so many tutorials availiable. But you have to be a little more careful in that process. I do dualboot but almost never uses windows. I have heard situation where windows updates messing linux installs on same drive. The safest route might be to do what others suggested but it is possibe to install that way. Be careful with partitioning and formatting. You also have to determine the sizes for each partitions yourself too
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Fredselfish@lemmy.world 5 weeks agoI have Linux on a jumpdrive can I install it on my main drive without it effecting my other drives?
mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 weeks ago
hellfire103@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
I think so?
meliaesc@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Only the drive you install it on will be affected, but the other drives likely won’t be formatted to work with Linux.
Fredselfish@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Then how do I upgrade to Linux on my gaming computer.
meliaesc@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Actually, Linux does support NTFS, although you won’t be able to run executables from it. I suggest getting an external HD/SSD to make a backup of all of your drives, then proceed with the switch to Linux.
LoveSausage@discuss.tchncs.de 5 weeks ago
I always had a fat32 partion available for sharing stuff when i did dualbooting. Just for saving some stuff, but limited to 4 gb files then. Ntfs works as well so either partion or separate drive
conditional_soup@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
Are you just wanting to back up save files? I agree with the other person here, just backup the files that matter to you onto an external drive and then install Linux
Fredselfish@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Dude I have no external hard drive that can store all the stuff saved on my two separate drives. No way to back all that up.