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I'm not much of a tech savvy, so my question is that does Ubuntu work with fast boot turned on? I'm currently on windows and thinking about changing to Ubuntu on my main machine, I've tried Ubuntu before but not on my main machine, I want to install Ubuntu and completely uninstall windows 10 so I will not dual boot, And do I need to configure anything in the BIOS (UEFI) other than secure boot to off? Your help is appreciated.

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Waseem Sibai
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It depends.

  • If you share partitions under Windows and linux, then the option Windows Fast Startup in Windows should be turned off.
  • If you do not use any partition that Windows uses under Linux, you can leave Windows Fast Startup in Windows on.

With Windows Fast Startup turned on, as one of its tricks, Windows does not close the partitions it uses. To Linux, these partitions appear "dirty", and linux may either mount them read only or not mount them at all to prevent damage. If you do not use any of these volumes under Linux, that is not an issue, and you can leave Windows Fast Startup on.

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