Dual Boot FAQ
12:45 PM
In Indonesia, Linux is now increasingly rampant, so for some people like to have linux on his computer than using windows or mac. Therefore, Linux offers "something different" that is dual boot, which allows the user to have two operating systems on a hard drive.
I think it is a dual boot menu at boot time that requires us to choose one operating system already installed in your computer hard drive. So that we can customize the operating system we will use to do something.
My friends asked many questions about dual boot, here I will make a FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) of the questions my friends.
Q: Is a dual boot makes the computer slow?
A: NO! In my opinion, dual boot does not have much effect on computer performance. Because, basically, dual boot just take hard disk space for installation of the operating system. When we are running one operating system, not running any other operating system. And only considered a normal data by the operating system is running. Example: There is a computer with 2 operating system, namely Ubuntu and Windows. When we are running Ubuntu, Windows operating system will only be read as an ordinary data rather than as an operating system that also runs, but when we are running windows, then the Ubuntu operating system will not be readable by windows, because windows can not read the disk partition, ubuntu is using EXT2 / EXT3 or EXT 4.
Q: Is the data available on Windows is missing?
A: NO! During the time of installation, we do not do the format on the hard disk that is used to perform the installation. While doing the installation should we reduce the disk that has free space at most, and the reduction does not require formatting the hard drive, but to create a new partition and install on the partitions require formatting the hard drive.
Q: Is making hard drive is damaged fast?
A: NO! In my opinion, nothing to do with dual boot hard drive is damaged, due to dual boot just like a hard drive partition divides and fill it with data. If it can increase the likelihood of hard drives please explain to me. Because according to my opinion does not make hard drives, different again if you frequently perform the OS installation.
The third question is often asked by my friend who wanted to do a dual boot. Rather than repeat many times the problem, should I share here for the others confusing about it.
I have been about a year using a dual boot on my Lenovo laptop. I use two operating systems it's Ubuntu Oeneric Oelicot and Linux Mint 9 Isadora. And in my opinion has no effect on the performance of my laptop.
May I share this little useful to overcome the confusion of friends about the risks that have become dogma:). Let's share
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