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can linux damage my hard disk?

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allan



Joined: 06 Mar 2006
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PostPosted: 03/26/07 - 06:21    Post subject: Reply with quote
I've never had any OS other than Windows (98, 2K, and now XP), but I've always wanted to give Linux a try… It's just that, I'm sort of scared – I heard installing Linux over an existing Windows installation can cause damage to the hard drive, is that true? Should I then get a secondary hard disk and install there? Or will partitioning do the trick?
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francklyn



Joined: 07 Dec 2004
Posts: 196
PostPosted: 04/26/07 - 02:09    Post subject: Reply with quote
I never heard of such a thing happening, Linux damaging your HDD… what can happen is having your OS installations screwed up, though even that's not much of a risk if you do it right. But physical damage to the hardware, no. Just go ahead and install Linux to the same HDD you have Windoze on; it should recognize the existing installation and offer to set up a dual boot, a prompt to choose which OS you want to boot up each time the system is started.
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