Setting up new system, Dual boot recommendation.
by Form from LinuxQuestions.org on (#5DY15)
Unfortunately I need to dual boot a Windows OS because of work and employment opportunities. My previous set up of arch linux and a windows VM had alot of hiccups and limitations (partially due to video cards and partially my own inexperience with transferring files to and from a VM with different partition format). I've heard of stories where the entire hardrive got corrupted due to auto-updates and even some where it touches and screws up with other hard drives.
I have a 6TB HDD that I'm planning on using for file storage and backup storage and possibly to keep the windows OS in a small partition. I also have a 1TB SSD what I'm planning on keeping a linux OS on and possibly splitting it to have a Windows OS on it.
I'm wondering what windows OS I should install on what harddrive. My purpose for this OS is to run Programs that can not be run on Wine (Wine is not a emulator) on my other valued system. A Windows OS on the 6TB hard drive might screw up with the other partitions and backups and I'm worried about this. A Windows program on the SSD might screw up my other OS and make it inoperable. I need a windows OS to just run third party windows programs without it screwing up other partitions on the hard drive or the other solid state drive.
I don't mind if the windows can't read other partitions but I don't want it messing with the other partitions and I certainly don't wan't it messing with the other os making it unbootable. What kind of Windows should I get to prevent this from occurring. The auto-updates seems to be the cause of most of the problems so is there a way to disable it and is it safer to get a older version of windows like 8.1 to prevent this from happening?
I have a 6TB HDD that I'm planning on using for file storage and backup storage and possibly to keep the windows OS in a small partition. I also have a 1TB SSD what I'm planning on keeping a linux OS on and possibly splitting it to have a Windows OS on it.
I'm wondering what windows OS I should install on what harddrive. My purpose for this OS is to run Programs that can not be run on Wine (Wine is not a emulator) on my other valued system. A Windows OS on the 6TB hard drive might screw up with the other partitions and backups and I'm worried about this. A Windows program on the SSD might screw up my other OS and make it inoperable. I need a windows OS to just run third party windows programs without it screwing up other partitions on the hard drive or the other solid state drive.
I don't mind if the windows can't read other partitions but I don't want it messing with the other partitions and I certainly don't wan't it messing with the other os making it unbootable. What kind of Windows should I get to prevent this from occurring. The auto-updates seems to be the cause of most of the problems so is there a way to disable it and is it safer to get a older version of windows like 8.1 to prevent this from happening?