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unplug your primary ssd (lemmy.world)
submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 55 points 8 months ago (1 children)

A little story about windows. I know it's partially my fault but Microsoft just hates it users.

So I was running dual boot an messed up the boot loader. A quick fix and I was back to Linux.

When I wanted to boot windows the bootloader was damaged and I couldn't fix it with windows repair tools.

So I thought: ok just install the snapshot windows found. Worst case they delete windows right?

Well it told that it will reformat the boot partition and no more info. It took a suspicious amount of time and when I booted it I was in windows and all ALL of my connected drives where formatted. No question asked just wiped the whole system!

Fuck you Windows!

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago (1 children)

This is one of the reasons why my Windows bootloader is currently broken. I made a similar mistake a few years ago, and now I don't have the mental energy to make sure that everything's ready in case Windows screws up again

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Still to this day I have to open my case and disconnect all but the windows ssd before (re)installing windows.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Just here to spread the cult of systemd-boot. Reject the illness that GRUB hath wrought upon our people and extend your mastery over even the bootloader itself.

Windows has no power here.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

systemd? No thanks. I prefer rEFInd.

[–] possiblylinux127 3 points 8 months ago (3 children)

rEFInd? No thanks. I prefer Uboot

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Uboot? No thanks, I prefer a paper tape loader attached to my serial port.

[–] possiblylinux127 6 points 8 months ago

Paper loader? No thanks, I prefer entering the kernel into memory via dip switches

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I just keep that trash OS Windows off of my drives.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Bold of you to assume that dual boot is only for 1 Linux distro and 1 Window$. You can have multiple distros. Also rEFInd have an option to boot into UEFI instead of remembering which button to hold. So you don't even have to have multiple OSes.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

Uboot? No thanks, I prefer EFISTUB.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

A worrying thing is I think Windows can even muck with (your Linux) bootloader files during updates i e. after you have reconnected your primary ssd.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Yea, I ran into this issue a while back when I dual booted Windows for something I don't remember. I was blissfully ignorant when installing Windows on my system that had been running Linux for a while, got a separate SSD for it and everything. So I selected the empty SSD figuring everything Windows will be installed on it only to discover a month later that after formatting an HDD that I use for media storage that the Windows boot loader is gone...

Manually installing the Windows boot loader is not fun.