Partitioning your hard drive is part of the process and could affect your current data. Make sure to back up your system completely before you begin. Depending on the arrangement, you may need to ...

I have a system that runs Ubuntu 16.10. I would like to make it capable of booting Windows 10 also, and I would prefer to do this by dedicating a physical drive to hold the Windows 10 filesystems.

Windows might be your bread and butter, but you can dual-boot it with Linux if you want to tinker, or play around with a wider range of open source software. Whether you're using Windows 10 or Windows ...