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How to get windows to not do disk checking or ruin my bootloader when i add a linux partition on the same disk? (lemmy.zip)

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How to get windows to not do disk checking or ruin my bootloader when i add a linux partition on the same drive. I don't like the windows panicking when there is a linux partition on it and doing a variety of things, even if its not on the same ssd it STILL does disk checking but I have not seen anything worse than that on the same partition, but I need the space.

Dunno if this belongs in the linux subreddit but I mean if there is any way i can hide linux that could also work.

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[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

You can't.

Windows will rewrite your boot partition, when it feels like it.

It can be commanded to do this remotely, also. Its called a Windows Update. And Windows buries itself below Ring 0 via Pluton/TPMv2.

It does this because the NSA likes being able to keep tabs on everyone.

The precise/exact way this works is hardware/setup dependant, and changes every 6 months or so, ish, but yeah this bootloader fuckery nonsense has been going on for years now, in dual boot setups, and there really is not a plausible explanation for this continuing as a persistent 'problem', other than Windows makes NSA backdoors into your entire system, or breaks shit while trying to.

Dual booting is dumb if you value system security and stability.