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I would but I am pretty worried about my files being lost, plus I'm waiting until I get a better device
From personal experience: if you're trying to dual-boot with Windows, I recommend using completely separate drives (rather than separate partitions). Windows is very shitty about overwriting your Linux boot partitions when it updates. Having a separate drive isn't fool-proof, but it helps.
I haven't needed Windows in >10 years though, so maybe it's not as shitty about that, but I recommend caution.
I would do this if I knew how to install separate drives, and if my main PC wasn't a laptop
Maybe invest in an external drive you can copy important files to. Dual booting is usually issue free but it's always possible to have data loss in general. Data loss, especially data that is personally important to you is a tragedy.