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[–] 34 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I mean, if you duel boot, it's just a matter of time until Windows nukes your other OS. At least with me, my Linux was about to solve world peace, but Windows got wind of that and shut it the fuck down.

Meme is correct, they're coming for you.

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  • [–] 29 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Windows basically never nukes the actual linux install. It DOES like breaking the bootloader though. Which is fixable but still deeply annoying.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Ah damn this is exactly what happened a few days ago. My popos boot entry suddenly disappeared. I can still just boot from the physical ssd it's installed on, but I found it strange it just pooped out somehow. Any pointers on how to fix it?

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Here's an article on how to fix it.

    TLDR: You need to boot from a live disk, mount your install and reinstall the bootloader.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I still need to fix mine, thanks for the link. The weirdest break it did once was messing with my Wi-Fi driver, managed to break Linux' driver somehow, making the Internet a no go. Still no idea how Windows managed that though, they shouldn't be messing with my bios. :/

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    I haven't had it happen to me for a while now. I used to have a boot repair liveCD that'd always do the trick, but I don't think that specific distro even exists anymore.

    The gist is you'll want to boot a liveCD and use the liveCD to reinstall GRUB, I'm sure you can find the right incantation to do so online somewhere.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Reminded me how Windows would set the hardware clock to different timezone that Linux uses, can't remember which.

    It would make my blood boil, that's when I decided to never boot it again. 100% Linux everywhere, I get it on routers when I can.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Windows sets the hardware clock to local time, Linux sets it to UTC. It's possible to tell one to respect the others preference

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I will never expect Windows to respect any preference. Updates burnt me too many times.

    Linux for life.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I have never had this issue on Mint/Windows duel boot

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Do you receive windows updates?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    I do update both OSes routinely

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Hmmm maybe that depends on your configuration are you on windows 10 or 11?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)
    1. 11 is crap and I will never upgrade. I only keep 10 because it's a duel boot and I don't want to reload everything. I guess I could partition a second Linux drive. But I occasionally like to mess around on Unreal 5 and create worlds.
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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Maybe thats why. Or do you have dual boot in two different drives?

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