I just got a second SSD and installed Linux on it and in BIOS I set the boot order to boot from the Linux drive. Still have my SSD with Windows 10 in case I need it. During boot, I then can just press F8 and select the boot drive, should I desire to use my Windows 10 drive. Easy.
Yeah I purchased the second drive just when I saw they were about to get really expensive.
I actually used my Windows drive recently, cos there was an open playtest of an upcoming game I am looking really forward to, and at that ran only on Windows, although the official release is planned for Linux as well.
You won’t notice any difference running off of a sata ssd. Unless you are moving large files constantly there is no real world difference other than the physical size of the drive
I just got a second SSD and installed Linux on it and in BIOS I set the boot order to boot from the Linux drive. Still have my SSD with Windows 10 in case I need it. During boot, I then can just press F8 and select the boot drive, should I desire to use my Windows 10 drive. Easy.
I second this if you can afford the extra drive.
I just realized I haven’t touched the windows one in almost a year. Time to format and clear up space for torrents.
Yeah I purchased the second drive just when I saw they were about to get really expensive. I actually used my Windows drive recently, cos there was an open playtest of an upcoming game I am looking really forward to, and at that ran only on Windows, although the official release is planned for Linux as well.
This. You also have a backup plan in case there’s something that actually wont work in linux.
My motherboard only has one m.2 slot, and I don’t want to run an OS from a SATA drive or buy any more adapters and drives so I do need to wipe it all
You won’t notice any difference running off of a sata ssd. Unless you are moving large files constantly there is no real world difference other than the physical size of the drive