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[–] Sabata11792@kbin.social 10 points 7 months ago (13 children)

I am still blowing up my install pretty often.

Other than the user folder, what else should I back up for a fast and painless reinstall next time I get too adventurous?
What should I break next?
Dose Nvidia hate me?
How do I stop Windows from fucking up my BIOS boot order every time?

[–] Interstellar_1@pawb.social 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Launching windows from the bootloader instead of the grub menu should help stop the issue with windows.

[–] Sabata11792@kbin.social 3 points 7 months ago

Both OS are on different drives so the boot loaders don't see eachother. I don't trust Window not to fuck up my entire drive. I got to select the drive from my BIOS every time. I may just pull the SATA cable unless my ass hat friends want to play league.

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