Is there any risk of installing linux on c: drive?

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ddc2021-04-17 10:41:17

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ddc, 2021-04-17 10:41:17

I saw a way to install Linux without a flash drive using unetbootin.
always installed Linux next to Windows on a USB flash drive.
but now I need to install linux as the main OS on the C drive:
Is there a risk that nothing will work and linux simply won't start?

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longclaps, 2021-04-17
@longclaps

Everything is in your hands, you are a source of risk. Linux itself is pretty basic.

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Vladimir Korotenko, 2021-04-17
@firedragon

IMHO it is better for you to put Linux in a virtual machine. Just with your knowledge, you will successfully demolish Windows. The safest method is to connect a physical disk and install Linux on it and install the bootloader on a USB flash drive.

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Sergey Karbivnichy, 2021-04-17
@hottabxp

Is there a risk that nothing will come out

It won't come out anyway.

and linux just won't start?

And Linux simply won't install, because Linux doesn't have C, D, E drives...
Create a separate partition on the disk (for example, with fs ext4) and install next to Windows.

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Hemul GM, 2021-04-17
@HemulGM

Linux on C:? And nothing, what is it only in Windows drive "C:"? And in Linux, it can only be a partition. Do you have NTFS? Then how do you install Linux on NTFS?

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Alexey, 2021-04-20
@Protosuv

In such cases (if Windows is already installed), one of the partitions is reduced in order to allocate space for the Linux installation. This free space will be detected by the Linux installer, as will the fact that Windows is already installed on the PC. In this case, it is relatively safe, the same installer will put Linux side by side, and the Windows boot loader will add one of the items to Grub .
Everything is on the Debian website .