Microsoft’s latest security update has ruined dual-boot Windows and Linux PCs

It is a time for a single linux boot.

So they were trying to patch systems that use GRUB for Windows-only installs? What a load of BS. Why would anybody install GRUB to boot only Windows with that? Or am I overlooking something?

Furthermore, if GRUB has a security issue, they should've contributed a patch at the source instead of patching it themselves somehow. I'm a bit stunned at the audacity of touching unmounted filesystems in an OS patch. Good thing Windows still doesn't include EXT4 and BTRFS drivers because they might start messing with unencrypted Linux system drives at this rate

No surprises there, just the usual shit

That's what happens when you don't keep windows locked inside a virtual machine.

This is a regular occurrence and honestly we need to stop recommending dual boot. Use separate drives if you need to, but sharing the same drive is destined to brick something

Doesn't Windows break dual booting semi-regularly? I've always avoided it as I've had friends get burned by this in the past. I guess I just keep different OSes on different drives, but that obviously isn't feasible for everyone.

Remove your Microsoft installation, done.

Yes but...

But what? This is Microsoft, they fucked it up so many times that it's either incompetence or sabotage, and knowing Microsoft, it's probably both.

This is the same company that invented millions to sabotage Linux through the legal system (hello sco), and the same company that in purpose left gaping security holes open as to not lose any money, causing China to hack the US government through said holes.

Then we decide that just that money isn't enough so we'll spy on you at every step of the way, we will force feed you ads, and we'll use you to train our shitty AI

Frack Microsoft, frack any and all of their software.

If you need to dual boot, be sure to use separate EFI partitions for windows and Linux, separate drives if possible. Windows has done this far too many times.

Not the first time. I thought a Windows 10 update wiped grub, but Microsoft actually deleted my entire Linux partition. Others have experienced the same thing.

Windows is required for a couple of apps I need with no alternatives, but the only way it runs on any of my computers is in a VM.

How do people use Windows with confidence, with stories like these?

They don’t want you to have dual boot. They want you to choose.

I put windows in the shame box (VM).

as they like to do every once in a while

Microsoft! You missed your last chance to stay on my computers with your os. Take care, so long and thanks for all the cons.

"wasn't supposed to"

Yess, let the hate flow through you! ⚡

I had the intention of reinstalling my windows because it was like from back when win10 was new and the winsxs folder was so big that a 100GB partition was not enough for just windows with all the 3rd party programs installed on another partition... but I noticed that all my games run on Linux so I ended up wiping the 100GB nvme windows partition and moving my dual boot Linux there. I've been without windows for a couple of months now and I haven't really missed it.

The only way to fix your computer is to uninstall all spyware like Windows

Semi-O/T: I feel Microsoft is such a violation of personal security that I would not dual boot anything with Windows. I forget exactly what happened (the details), but I remember when I had upgraded my desktop from Win7 Pro to W10 Pro from the free upgrade feature, it broke the MBR/GRUB.. from that day on, I've kept my OS completed separated by device.

If it's just sandboxing / VMs, that's whatever, not sweating that at all.

This reminds me I still have a win 10 partition on my drive. Ye! Extra space to reclaim!

This again?

So, excusing my ignorance as a fairly recent Linux convert, what does this mean for my dual boot system?

I haven’t booted windows for weeks and am pretty sure there have been no updates since it was freshly reinstalled (maybe 6 months ago) as a dual boot with Debian.

Is this only a problem if I allow Windows to update?

Are Microsoft likely to fix the issue in a subsequent release?

Well, you can just fix the bootloader, but that's not super exciting I guess.

I guess I switch to single boot Fedora Silverblue just in time

Does having Linux and Windows on seperate drives mitigate this issue somewhat?
Wanting to start dual booting and moving to windows. Wondering if that helps at all.
Edit: I meant moving to Linux... >.>

I dual booted a few times back in the days of winxp and win7. Never had a good experience somehow windows or a grub update always messed up things. Haven't ran windows in years but when I have to it goes on a separate drive now.

Classic

Is there any issue with having windows on one drive and Linux on the other and toggling in the bios at boot? Do I introduce any problems by keeping my rarely used windows installation on a separate disk like this?

Good intention, shit execution.