Dual boot issue: HDD and SSD
My computer contains a normal HDD hard drive and a SSD. The original HDD is Disk 0 and the new SSD is Disk 1. The windows OS is on Disk 1. Can I install Ubuntu on the HDD and Windows on the SSD? Can I get back and forth between the 2 OS? I am afraid after I install Ubuntu on the HDD the Grub menu won't come up since the 2 OS are on different hard drives. In a couple months I will not want linux anymore. Can I easily remove Linux and have my windows OS come back to normal? Thanks.
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My computer contains a normal HDD hard drive and a SSD. The original HDD is Disk 0 and the new SSD is Disk 1. The windows OS is on Disk 1. Can I install Ubuntu on the HDD and Windows on the SSD? Can I get back and forth between the 2 OS? I am afraid after I install Ubuntu on the HDD the Grub menu won't come up since the 2 OS are on different hard drives. In a couple months I will not want linux anymore. Can I easily remove Linux and have my windows OS come back to normal? Thanks.
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My computer contains a normal HDD hard drive and a SSD. The original HDD is Disk 0 and the new SSD is Disk 1. The windows OS is on Disk 1. Can I install Ubuntu on the HDD and Windows on the SSD? Can I get back and forth between the 2 OS? I am afraid after I install Ubuntu on the HDD the Grub menu won't come up since the 2 OS are on different hard drives. In a couple months I will not want linux anymore. Can I easily remove Linux and have my windows OS come back to normal? Thanks.
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My computer contains a normal HDD hard drive and a SSD. The original HDD is Disk 0 and the new SSD is Disk 1. The windows OS is on Disk 1. Can I install Ubuntu on the HDD and Windows on the SSD? Can I get back and forth between the 2 OS? I am afraid after I install Ubuntu on the HDD the Grub menu won't come up since the 2 OS are on different hard drives. In a couple months I will not want linux anymore. Can I easily remove Linux and have my windows OS come back to normal? Thanks.
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Your question is a little unclear. But if you have Windows installed and running now, then yes you can install Ubuntu on another drive. When you install, you need to select the disk with Windows installed as the location for the boot files. Ubuntu will detect your Windows installation and then Ubuntu will install GRUB with a menu that allows you to select Ubuntu or Windows every time you boot.
If you haven't installed anything or want a clean install of Windows, then I would recommend you swap the locations of the drives so the SSD is the first one and the HDD is second. Then install Windows on the SSD like normal, then install Ubuntu and select the second drive for the OS /home partition but select /dev/sda as the location for the boot files. The rest will be like above with a menu.
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Your question is a little unclear. But if you have Windows installed and running now, then yes you can install Ubuntu on another drive. When you install, you need to select the disk with Windows installed as the location for the boot files. Ubuntu will detect your Windows installation and then Ubuntu will install GRUB with a menu that allows you to select Ubuntu or Windows every time you boot.
If you haven't installed anything or want a clean install of Windows, then I would recommend you swap the locations of the drives so the SSD is the first one and the HDD is second. Then install Windows on the SSD like normal, then install Ubuntu and select the second drive for the OS /home partition but select /dev/sda as the location for the boot files. The rest will be like above with a menu.
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Your question is a little unclear. But if you have Windows installed and running now, then yes you can install Ubuntu on another drive. When you install, you need to select the disk with Windows installed as the location for the boot files. Ubuntu will detect your Windows installation and then Ubuntu will install GRUB with a menu that allows you to select Ubuntu or Windows every time you boot.
If you haven't installed anything or want a clean install of Windows, then I would recommend you swap the locations of the drives so the SSD is the first one and the HDD is second. Then install Windows on the SSD like normal, then install Ubuntu and select the second drive for the OS /home partition but select /dev/sda as the location for the boot files. The rest will be like above with a menu.
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Your question is a little unclear. But if you have Windows installed and running now, then yes you can install Ubuntu on another drive. When you install, you need to select the disk with Windows installed as the location for the boot files. Ubuntu will detect your Windows installation and then Ubuntu will install GRUB with a menu that allows you to select Ubuntu or Windows every time you boot.
If you haven't installed anything or want a clean install of Windows, then I would recommend you swap the locations of the drives so the SSD is the first one and the HDD is second. Then install Windows on the SSD like normal, then install Ubuntu and select the second drive for the OS /home partition but select /dev/sda as the location for the boot files. The rest will be like above with a menu.
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Your question is a little unclear. But if you have Windows installed and running now, then yes you can install Ubuntu on another drive. When you install, you need to select the disk with Windows installed as the location for the boot files. Ubuntu will detect your Windows installation and then Ubuntu will install GRUB with a menu that allows you to select Ubuntu or Windows every time you boot.
If you haven't installed anything or want a clean install of Windows, then I would recommend you swap the locations of the drives so the SSD is the first one and the HDD is second. Then install Windows on the SSD like normal, then install Ubuntu and select the second drive for the OS /home partition but select /dev/sda as the location for the boot files. The rest will be like above with a menu.
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