I'm getting a 2TB high speed M2 SSD for my new rigI want to dual boot Windows and Linux and use the rest of the space for gamesHow much space should I allocate for the Windows and Linux partitions?Note I have other slower drives for general storage so I'm talking space needed for just the OS+apps. I assume Linux needs less space than Windows since it's not as bloated.
>>109686019If you don't want to have to buy a replacement drive in a year or two, don't install windows at all
>>109686019> I'm getting a 2TB high speed M2 SSD for my new rig>I want to dual boot Windows and Linux and use the rest of the space for gamesDon’t. Get two 1tb ssd and put each os on dedicated drive. Winblows: 200gb is plenty. Linux I just let it have the whole drive since backups work differently there, but you might want a subvolume for installed games / steam
>>109686019Dual booting is a recipe for shitfuck, and a crime against nature.
That's retarded, just get a separate 500gb or smaller drive for windows
>>109686019>I'm getting a 2TB high speed M2 SSDI didn't know that billionaires browse 4chan.>>109686019>How much spaceDepends on what bigass software you will install on the system partition, and if you let Windows update or not.Beware, once in a while when it updates, Win11 Diarrhea Edition will purposely fuck up your dual boot.
>>109686019>dual boot Windows and Linux>Windows and Linux partitionsenjoy fighting the windows bootloader, get 2 separate smaller drives instead
>>109686019Separate drive for windows. I don't know what anyone else's experience is, but for me having them in the same drive would actually fuck up windows to the point it wouldn't boot. As for partition size, you'll probably find you'll end up using Linux as your daily driver and will rarely even use windows unless you absolutely have to, so don't give windows a very large partition (or drive).
>>109686019Dual booting isn't as bad as the other users say, but make sure you keep a bootable USB around just in case Windows goes rogue.The amount of space you need depends entirely on how you use both of them. Windows by itself needs about 50-60GB to run by itself without issues, and linux about 20-30GB depending on the distro. Anything beyond that just depends on the apps you plan to install. You might consider giving both dedicated small root/C: partitions at the beginning of your drive, then manually creating larger partitions for games or data in the remaining free space as needed.Although if you do like to burn money for convenience (and if you were willing to buy a new 2TB drive that's likely), a separate 512GB for whichever OS you use less would save you a lot of headache later on.
