Check on AskUbuntu or anywhere else that you feel you can get Good Sage Advice. Even if that means being patient and checking with many resources and knowledgeable people. I am sorry that I am not knowledgeable enough to help you. The Last thing I would want is to provide you with misinformation that causes you grief. So I have zero experience of dual booting a Linux Distro and Windows on the same machine. Once I did away with Windows, I never went back. If the Windows drive is connected throughout, I am honestly uncertain of the proper steps. Then reconnected the Windows drive and booted into Zorin first. This procedure was if you had disconnected the Windows Loaded drive. Then once the installation is finished I will launch the command sudo update grub which should allow me to setup W10 as 1st OS to boot… You can create a bootable USB stick of Zorin with Persistence (This means it saves your session so that each boot is not a fresh new start.) This has the downside of being throttled through the bottleneck of the USB port, creating a very sluggish system (Again Zorin LITE if you got his option). You can run Zorin in Virtualbox or VMWare. What matters most is how comfortable you are with it.Īdditionally, you have other safe options to Explore Linux and Zorin without a direct installation, if you want to build confidence. What do you have to fear? Whether you choose to use EasyBcd or Grub or MBR or UEFI, you must learn each, so what difference does it make? You have an isolated and empty drive just waiting for you to try out Linux. You have Full access to all parts of the Zorin OS system. But Zorin does not grow roots into the drive and refuse to let go in the ways Windows does. Perhaps you are familiar with Windows and how ‘tenacious’ it is. Zorin does not use a Registry nor does it ever need defragging. You need only delete that partition in any partition manager and then reformat the drive as you wish.

Zorin as a distro is very easy to install and to use. It is more user friendly with settings easily findable and applied. I would strongly encourage you to choose Zorin Lite to explore and experiment with. You say, “easy to use.” But I wonder if what you mean is, understandable to you to use. You could use Easybcd or use a regular boot menu… What matters most is only How Confident you are in that method. I believe that it does not matter much, the method that you use. In reading the liturature on Easybcd, it looks viable for what you want. I have never used Easybcd, so I cannot vouch for its abilities in what you require.

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