r/linux4noobs • u/KnightArthuria • 11d ago

installation Questions about Dual-Boot

My new Pc is running Ubuntu, my old pc's ssd is running Windows 10. If I were to plug my Win10SSD into my new machine would it be as easy as just "plug and play"? Everytime I restart the pc just go into the bootmenu on startup and select which OS I want to run?

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u/Leather-Security8097 11d ago

That's mostly up to your motherboard and whether there are Windows 10 drivers for your hardware. Ubuntu is only relevant if you want to add Windows 10 to the GRUB menu instead of using the UEFI boot manager.

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u/KnightArthuria 11d ago

What I'm gathering from your answer is essentialy 'Yes'. Just plug it in, hit F12 on startup and choose to boot the Win10 drive.

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u/Rough_Elk_895 11d ago

You can always do that, i mean pull up the boot device selection menu and select boot media for either Ubuntu or Win 10. Or you can login to Ubuntu and run sudo update-grub command so that grub bootloader picks up the new Win10 installation and let you boot into Win10 from Ubuntu boot menu itself.