Yes.

Microsoft arbitrarily cripples legacy games that are functional, based on fake security concerns.

I myself had two incidents in which it bricked my hard drives with a specific update. Not a security update, but a special type of "preview" update. The first time this happened, I thought it was just my drive dying but the second time I knew it was Windows.

Prevent it, or find a different solution.

Redditor says nothing about AI. In general, you should not have other drives connected during a Windows clean install for that potential reason.

Originally posted by atomicgirl:

Yes.

Microsoft arbitrarily cripples legacy games that are functional, based on fake security concerns.

I myself had two incidents in which it bricked my hard drives with a specific update. Not a security update, but a special type of "preview" update. The first time this happened, I thought it was just my drive dying but the second time I knew it was Windows.

I already did, after the recent update my I suddenly couldn't play War Thunder, or even run my desktop without it crashing, so I installed Linux

people are aware of the risks yet they still complain when their systems fail? ironically maybe a steam deck offers a more reliable experience than a pc.

You should unplug other drives during a Windows clean install to prevent the installer from creating hidden boot partitions on the wrong drive, which can cause your system to fail to boot. Disconnecting all drives except the one you intend to install Windows on eliminates the risk of the installer incorrectly placing boot files on another drive. After the installation is complete, you can reconnect the other drives, and they should appear in Windows.

It could be that Microsoft just doesn't care, and designs Windows without any concern for what Linux is doing at all, but the design of Windows seems to be increasingly hostile to Linux installs. I've run into a ton of issues on Linux while dual-booting, and none when running Linux exclusively. More than once Windows has broken my bootloader, and on one system, Windows appeared to hold my networking hostage. Networking wouldn't work on Linux after previously booting into Windows, and it's only after fully shutting the system down, unplugging it and pressing power a few times to completely drain any capacitors would networking properly work in Linux again. This had to be done every time I would boot into Windows before booting into Linux again.

I learned pretty quickly that if I was going to create a dual-boot system, to install Windows first, then Linux. If I do it there other way around, the Windows installer would often break something, while the Linux installer was much more considerate for my Windows installs.

Today, I run Linux exclusively with intent to run Windows in a VM, and only when absolutely necessary. So far, it just hasn't been necessary.

Windoze knows whats best for you it decided you didnt need that data anymore

Linux and GParted

And people will still use it rather than try out linux distros

It does this on cellphones as well. Writing into your memory cards data that it never asked for permission to enter.