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  • just_another_person@lemmy.worldtoLinux@lemmy.mlSudden emergency
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    5 days ago

    The only interaction Windows would have with a Linux partition is fudging the boot record. If it’s booting to emergency mode, you likely got a bad update. It should give you the option to boot to a previous working kernel if you hold down the shift or an arrow key while booting to grub. Just pick a previous known good version and start repair from there.







  • You’re overcomplicating things.

    If you have an existing Win10 install, just format the new SSD for whatever distro, install, and set the boot target for the new SSD drive.

    Then run Linux for a bit, make sure everything works, and make an image of the already existing Win10 partition to run in a VM.

    Much simpler.

    Also: almost all tax software runs in a browser now. If not then it will run under Wine or Proton. I think you have less to worry about than you think.