• stealth_cookies@lemmy.ca
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    11 hours ago

    Windows generally works fine alongside Linux, but then randomly one day you could log on and it boots straight into Windows and to fix it you need to learn the “fun” task of fixing your system with arch-chroot.

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        6 hours ago

        If Windows overwrites your EFI partition then you won’t be able to boot into grub. It absolutely happens, I’ve had it happen with my main computer within the past year.

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          2 hours ago

          It technically shouldn’t happen unless you don’t create a separate EFI partition for your Linux install.

          It is generally recommended that you create a separate EFI partition for Linux specifically so that windows cannot mess with your Linux install when it updates.

          I could see a bios update having some affect though.