Dual HDD options for Dual-booting Win 7 and Lin

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Dual HDD options for Dual-booting Win 7 and Lin 2016-06-20 03:43:53 Post No. 55166738
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Dual HDD options for Dual-booting Win 7 and Lin Anonymous 2016-06-20 03:43:53 Post No. 55166738 [Report]

Hey /g/.

I want to use gentoo on my desktop computer, but I don't want to sacrifice my main drive running Windows 7 because muh gaymes and muh smug anime face folder.

I have a spare 500GB HDD I salvaged from a laptop; this will be the drive that houses Gentoo.

Does anyone have a configuration like this, or have they done something like that in the past? I would like to know what precautions have to take before attempting a dualboot like this. I don't want Gentoo locking me out from my Win 7 drive, and vice versa.

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Anonymous 2016-06-20 04:51:36 Post No.55167445
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Anonymous 2016-06-20 04:51:36 Post No.55167445 [Report]

All you'll have to do is configure your bootloader so that you can select between Windows and Linux at boot. With a non-autistic distro this is done for you (at least with Ubuntu/Mint). Dunno about GENTOO.

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Anonymous 2016-06-20 04:54:46 Post No.55167480
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Anonymous 2016-06-20 04:54:46 Post No.55167480 [Report]

>>55166738
heh, a toaster

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Anonymous 2016-06-20 05:03:37 Post No.55167582
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Anonymous 2016-06-20 05:03:37 Post No.55167582 [Report]

>>55166738
Windows wont boot off a toaster without heavy modifications.

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Anonymous 2016-06-20 06:26:30 Post No.55168567
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Anonymous 2016-06-20 06:26:30 Post No.55168567 [Report]

Yeah, anon. It's called dualbooting. There are plenty of guides for it. Also:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZnljKjJLvM

Top comment asks about an extra autistic version of how to do what you want as well.