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Dual boot on two different SSDs. Is that possible?

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patmoss Posted messages 2759 Status Member -  
cristali Posted messages 9483 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   -

Hello

I have an M.2 NVMe SSD SAMSUNG 970 EVO Plus 500 GB with Win 11. I would like to add a second one of 1 TB, on which I would clone the current Win 11, so I would have a kind of dual-boot with 2 different SSDs? Will it slow down startup?

On laptops they told me yes, but it was on the same hard drive. So it must be different here, right?
could I access NAS data via Linux even if some files are Windows, I would ignore those. And which Linux version to choose?

CM : MSI B550M PRO VDH WIFI ...

Brand MSI Socket of the CPU Socket AM4 Memory technology DDR4 Compatible processors AMD Ryzen 3rd Gen, AMD Ryzen 5 3rd Gen, AMD Ryzen 7 3rd Gen, AMD Ryzen 9 3rd Gen Chipset type AMD B550 Platform Windows 10



Thanks!

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600G 3.9 GHz 6-Core,
MSI B550M PRO, G.Skill (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200, 500 GB M.2 NVMe Samsung 970 EVO Plus,
be quiet! Pure Base 500 ATX, SeaSonic FOCUS GX 650 W 80+ Gold-Windows 11 Home

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    jeannets Posted messages 28397 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   Ambassadeur 6 603
     

    Hello,

    With these disks, the slowdown is not noticeable, it’s almost theoretical... If you have two Windows 11, it boots on one or the other but not both... And in your BIOS you must indicate the first Boot drive ... not both...

    NAS devices access files of all kinds... Video or text or photo etc... in NTFS or SMBx they are not picky.. with proper configuration. The OSes are often Dedicated... and you also have to relearn it..!!!

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  2. cristali Posted messages 9483 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   1 578
     

    Hello, with cloning, I don’t know, but if you do a fresh install on your new drive (with the old one inside), a dual boot will be created automatically.

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