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Use work laptop as personal device by dual booting on a separate internal drive? (lemmy.one)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by StorageB@lemmy.one to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I currently have a Dell laptop that runs Windows for work. I use an external SSD via the Thunderbolt port to boot Linux allowing me to use the laptop as a personal device on a completely separate drive. All I have to do is F12 at boot, then select boot from USB drive.

However, this laptop is only using 1 of the 2 internal M.2 ports. Can I install Linux on a 2nd M.2 drive? I would want the laptop to normally boot Windows without a trace of the second option unless the drive is specified from the BIOS boot options.

Will this cause any issues with Windows? Will I be messing anything up? For the external drive setup, I installed Linux on a different computer, then transferred the SSD to the external drive. Can I do the same for the M.2 SSD – install Linux on my PC, then transfer that drive to the laptop?

Any thoughts or comments are welcome.

Edit: Thank you everyone! This was a great discussion with a lot of great and thoughtful responses. I really appreciate the replies and all the valuable information and opinions given here.

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[–] beeng@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 9 months ago (10 children)

I was more looking for a functional reason, not just a "cos I said so" from the employer.

I thought maybe some of you work in cybersec had a real answer or a cve/attack vector etc.

[–] Lath@kbin.social 6 points 9 months ago (6 children)

One doesn't need to work in cybersec to know that the vast majority of attacks work because the targeted users have personal dum-dum moments.

[–] beeng@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (5 children)

You might need to, to know the windows partition has bitlocker (if the cybersec is worth their salt) of which is opened at windows login with a password.

So again, how is this accessed by the Linux partition?

Really just wanting to know how you see this happening... Presumably info being leaked from the work partition...

[–] Lath@kbin.social -2 points 9 months ago

Excuse my lack of cybersex knowledge, but if you plug in an infected appendage to a hub, then can't that hub become infected as well and pass along the STI to any other appendage plugged in?
Far as I remember, wearing a condom isn't a guaranteed protection against infections.

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