Tuesday, August 6, 2019

live usb - Will running Ubuntu from USB on a Windows 8 pc damage Windows?

I have a laptop with Windows 8 64bit pre-installed. I made a bootable USB stick of Ubuntu 12.10 64bit using PenDriveLinux with persistence. Is it safe for me to run it on my Windows 8 pc without damaging it?




I would do it without hesitation on any other machine but having heard strange things about the BIOS and UEFI. I thought I should ask someone who has tried it before I break my PC or get sued by Microsoft or whatever.

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