Is it necessary to have two hard drives to put Linux with Windows?

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xxxfdd2021-01-07 00:03:48

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xxxfdd, 2021-01-07 00:03:48

I need to have two operating systems on one PC - Windows and Linux, and the question is: is it necessary to have two hard drives to do this, or is one enough?

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Sanes, 2021-01-07
@xxxfdd

No. You can put it in a separate section.

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raf50, 2021-01-07
@raf50

You can put it on one hard drive. You need to create at least two partitions and format them in NTFS for Windows and ext2-4 for Linux.
I advise you to install Windows first. The fact is that the Windows bootloader does not see other operating systems. The Linux bootloader will see your installed Windows and you will have a convenient boot menu.

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Akina, 2021-01-07
@Akina

you need to have two operating systems Windows and Linux on one PC

Put ten. Install WSL2. You have both, and more - and within the same OS. And it works not slower, but rather a little faster than in virtual machines. See:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/insta...
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/compa...
https:// habr.com/ru/news/t/516054/
etc.