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I just finished setting up dual-boot for Linux Mint and Windows 10, and I noticed that now Windows isn't booting properly when I start it up directly through the BIOS. I don't know how important this is, since it does start with no issue through GRUB

I'm mostly wondering if this is normal

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[–] eric5949@lemmy.cloudaf.site 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Honestly if it doesn't work right through the bios but does grub, good. Windows likes to try and take over your computer sometimes when you turn it on.

Exactly! To me this is neither an issue nor problem.

[–] skillissuer@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

imo dual booting is obsolete in most of cases, put windows in virtualbox and use it this way if you have such need

[–] 9tr6gyp3@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Thats an entirely different issue though. Unless you're passing the hardware through to the VM, it can have big limitations as far as what you can do with the VM.

Both setups have their uses.

[–] skillissuer@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

imo dual booting is obsolete in most of cases, put windows in virtualbox and use it this way if you have such need

[–] 9tr6gyp3@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Thats an entirely different issue though. Unless you're passing the hardware through to the VM, it can have big limitations as far as what you can do with the VM.

Both setups have their uses.

[–] PseudoSpock@lemmy.fmhy.ml 0 points 1 year ago

Sounds like a feature, not a bug.