dual boot

Installing a SteamOS-style build like Bazzite alongside Windows on an Xbox Ally (and other Windows handhelds) gives you the best of both worlds: a controller-first, console-like Linux environment for everyday handheld play, and a fully functional Windows partition when you need Game Pass...

Fast Startup—Windows’ hybrid shutdown that feels like a modern convenience—still quietly shapes how many PCs boot today, and on modern machines it often trades reliability and predictability for a marginal few seconds of saved time. Background Fast Startup was introduced to solve a real...

Fast Startup is designed to shave seconds off cold boots by saving a partial OS state to disk, but because it deliberately preserves kernel and driver state between shutdowns it can also hide faults, block other operating systems from safely accessing Windows volumes, and interfere with certain...

I’ve been running Windows 11 and Linux side-by-side for months now, and the experience has taught me that dual‑booting is no longer a niche hobbyist stunt but a pragmatic strategy for balancing performance, compatibility, and user control—especially in a year when Microsoft’s platform choices...

Windows’ Fast Startup is a useful convenience for many users, but it’s also a frequent root cause of stubborn boot, update, encryption, and multi‑OS problems — and those trade‑offs deserve a careful, practical look. This feature speeds cold-boot times by saving the Windows kernel and loaded...

I switched my spare PC from Windows 10 to Bazzite and, between the stripped-down gaming flow and surprisingly reliable hardware support, I haven’t felt the itch to go back to Windows for that machine. The experience described in the original Pocket‑lint writeup—fast installation, a console‑style...

Fast Startup is one of those small Windows optimizations that quietly speeds your next boot by saving the kernel and loaded drivers to disk instead of tearing everything down — but that convenience comes with concrete trade‑offs. This feature can be left on for the majority of single‑OS users on...

If you want to run both Windows 11 and Linux Mint on the same PC, this definitive, production-ready guide walks you through the safest, most reliable path from preparation to post-install troubleshooting so you can dual‑boot with confidence and minimal downtime. Background Dual‑booting gives you...

When mainstream Windows laptops started shipping with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X family, reviewers praised their battery life, cool running and on‑device AI acceleration — but real‑world, hands‑on testing has exposed three structural compatibility problems that buyers and IT teams can’t ignore...

A writer at XDA took the plunge, wiped Windows from their machine after a five‑month Linux trial, and — after imaging Windows to an external drive — committed to Fedora KDE as their daily driver while experimenting with dual‑boot setups that repeatedly tripped over GRUB and os‑prober. Background...

If Windows 10’s end-of-support has nudged you toward a change, the easiest bridge off the Microsoft train may be Linux Mint — a polished, Windows-friendly distro that lets you test-drive a new operating system from a USB stick, dual-boot safely, or erase Windows entirely and keep only the new...

Windows 11’s built‑in Disk Management feels like a tool left on the back burner — slow to load, limited in what it can format and resize, and missing crucial safety features that free Linux tools like GParted have offered for years. Recent community reporting and hands‑on testing make the case...

Windows’ Fast Startup promised a small speed bonus — but after turning it off I found the trade-offs often outweighed that upside, and for many users the safest, least frustrating choice is to disable it and accept a few extra seconds at boot for a clearer, more predictable system state...

hello i have a problem when i have two disks in my computer with windows 10 one SSD and one MK2 SSD. i can boot from both without any problems but now i have windows twice on my computer unnecessarily. i would like to know if i reinstall windows on one of the disks if it would be possible to...

I have a dual boot setup from when I built my new rig and my main boot is the fresh install. Well this morning we had two short power outages for about 10 seconds each and they happened within a few minutes of each other Came home from work and couldn't get online from the PC but everything in...

If your Windows 10 PC is approaching the end of official support and you don’t want Windows 11 — or your hardware isn’t eligible for Microsoft’s free upgrade — switching to a friendly Linux desktop like Linux Mint is a practical, zero‑cost option that will keep your machine useful and secure for...

Windows’ Fast Startup is one of those features that promises convenience but delivers mixed results in the real world — and for many users the right choice is to turn it off. The feature speeds cold boot times by preserving a partial system state to disk instead of performing a full kernel cold...

OK this is old hat but It has been frustrating me for some time. I have a 32bit Pentium P4 on an Intel D865GLC with 3.2Gb RAM, 1Tb SATA Hd,. A while back, I thought it would be interesting to partition the HDD and have Win 7 Pro as well. I had bought the 32bit and 64bit package cheaply on...

If you’re committed to moving a machine from Windows 10 back to Windows 7, this guide gives a practical, tested playbook—covering the three viable downgrade paths (clean install, dual‑boot, and virtual machine), the exact preflight checks you must run, the driver-order and slipstreaming details...

If you’re tired of waiting for Microsoft patches, dislike Windows 11’s direction, or simply want to revive an older PC, switching to a free, easy-to-use Linux distribution like Linux Mint is one of the quickest, lowest-risk options available—and you can do it without spending a dime. Background...