does Dual boot is safe for machine
does Dual boot is safe for machine
I've switched to Linux for coding and UI/UX design work. The machine already has security software like Bitdefender. I'm moving my tasks to Linux instead of Windows, which means dual booting is necessary for this workflow. Can I use dual boot or are there other options? Also, does dual boot impact the hardware?
I've switched to Linux for coding and UI/UX design work. The machine already has security software like Bitdefender. I'm moving my tasks to Linux instead of Windows, which means dual booting is necessary for this workflow. Can I use dual boot or are there other options? Also, does dual boot impact the hardware?
Yes, dual booting is perfectly safe and doesn't effect the hardware. To make things easier, I would first look at running linux in a vm so you get familiar with it. This way it won't effect windows. Here's a guide on how to do that using vmware: https://www.osboxes.org/vmware-images/ Once you want to dual boot with linux, back everything up and I would suggest you buy an external hard drive so you can create a complete image of your windows install so you can restore it in case something goes wrong. Here's a guide on how to do that: https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/4241/how...windows-7/ And once you're all set, check out this guide: https://itsfoss.com/guide-install-linux-...t-windows/
Bitdefender doesn’t necessarily slow you down, and removing it isn’t the best solution. Dual booting works fine on the hardware.