02-06-2024, 04:15 PM
Couple of notes:
1) Generally Windows can still be installed in legacy mode (dosMBR tables) however once installed you cannot switch to UEFI mode or vice versa just because the option is there in the BIOS. It's kind of you must pick one or the other and stick with it. If Windows was UEFI to begin with, then Linux should be installed for dual booting UEFI. This could be in part the cause of some of the boot problems you had.
2) Another culprit could be forgetting to shut Windows completely down before booting back into Linux. Hold down the shift key without releasing it and select shut down and don't release the shift key until Windows goes off, or use powershell to completely shut down. In your case I'd bet on a combination of these first two things I mention here.
3) I don't dual boot anymore anyway, nor do I advise others to. Virtualization is a better solution and Linux Lite runs quite nicely in hyper-v.
4) When I did dual boot and share a partition I used exFAT as it seemed quicker.
5) Anyway I hope your dual boot does what you need it to do.
best of luck
TC
1) Generally Windows can still be installed in legacy mode (dosMBR tables) however once installed you cannot switch to UEFI mode or vice versa just because the option is there in the BIOS. It's kind of you must pick one or the other and stick with it. If Windows was UEFI to begin with, then Linux should be installed for dual booting UEFI. This could be in part the cause of some of the boot problems you had.
2) Another culprit could be forgetting to shut Windows completely down before booting back into Linux. Hold down the shift key without releasing it and select shut down and don't release the shift key until Windows goes off, or use powershell to completely shut down. In your case I'd bet on a combination of these first two things I mention here.
3) I don't dual boot anymore anyway, nor do I advise others to. Virtualization is a better solution and Linux Lite runs quite nicely in hyper-v.
4) When I did dual boot and share a partition I used exFAT as it seemed quicker.
5) Anyway I hope your dual boot does what you need it to do.
best of luck
TC
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