Are you considering dual booting Linux and Windows? Do you want to play it safe and avoid potential pitfalls before diving in? After a decade of breaking and fixing my multi-boot setups, I've compiled ...

In the realm of computing, the choice between operating systems often feels like a crossroads. Each path—Windows with its widespread application support and user-friendly interface, and Linux with its ...

Ubuntu and other Linux distributions make dual booting easy, once certain configuration issues are addressed. Dual booting requires that space be made on the hard ...

Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace technology as an editor for Ziff-Davis' Computer Select, back when CDs were new-fangled, and IBM's PC XT was wowing the crowds at Comdex. He spent more ...

Over the past few weeks several people have asked me if it's possible to set up a Windows XP/Linux dual-boot system on a PC that already has Windows XP installed on it, and if it's possible, how easy ...

I just bought an Iwill KV200-R mobo (with KT7-RAID -like onboard IDE 0/1/0+1 feature), plus two IBM 45GB drives to feed it.<P>What I'd like to do is use a 3rd party boot manager (or LILO if it can ...

It is known that Patch Tuesday updates can often lead to big issues and something just like that happened last year in August. The security update had broken dual-booting Windows 11 and Linux systems ...

A monthly patch update was sent to dual-boot systems by mistake, preventing machines from booting. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works ...

For some time now I have gotten a slow but steady volume of requests that I write about UEFI firmware and EFI boot relative to installing and maintaining Linux. As a result of a casual comment I made ...