I want to have a dual-boot laptop where half is Windows and half is Debian. If i encrypt Debian during installation, will it break Windows? I just want to be safe. Thanks in advance
I want to have a dual-boot laptop where half is Windows and half is Debian. If i encrypt Debian during installation, will it break Windows? I just want to be safe. Thanks in advance
No, encrypted or not won’t matter, because the boot partition is still unencrypted.
I don’t think anyone recommends dual booting these days. If you’re not watchful, an upgrade on one system might break the boot config for the other.
But if the OS are installed on two separate hard drives they shouldn’t interfer?
Depends. A naive installer will always install to the first drive in the boot order. I haven’t dual booted in years, so I don’t know how smart they are these days.
That’s been my go to solution for years. Only had one failure. I’m still suspecting Windows 7.