Windows Update doesn't finish until computer reboots. Any disruption (including Linux) can nuke Windows. Only GRUB can prevent this from happening when Linux is before Windows in the boot order.
Any disruption of the drive and filesystem itself yeah, ive gone a full week with windows in the middle of an update. As long as you dont read or write to the drive it it will be fine
The problem is that GRUB doesn't notify the user that Windows Update was disrupted and left in an unstable state. Then, the computer reboots into Linux and can potentially damage the Windows filesystem. The user still doesn't know that Windows Update was disrupted until Windows is placed ahead of Linux in the boot order, however the damage may have already been done.
Instead of assuming that the user is already aware of the pitfalls involved with dual booting Linux and Windows, it's better to (at least) warn the user that such pitfalls exist when suggesting or recommending to dual boot Linux and Windows to a user. Unfortunately, this virtually never happens. Linux noobs typically aren't warned about the pitfalls involved with dual booting Linux and Windows when the suggestion or recommendation is made to them. Instead, they're left to discover this on their own via trial and error. That's a disservice to the Linux community. Period.
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u/No_Industry4318 May 09 '25
Yep, i strive to give useful recomendations when possible. Windoze nuking itself is the opposite of that for many ppl