Expanding internal storage & multi-boot OS setup

Pop!_Os (Linux) alongSIDE Windows 10 (on dedicated drives, “nondestructive”)

The show notes and procedures

I got new 2TB NVMe M.2 SSD to expand internal storage on gaming PC.

• doing hardware upgrade, install new SSD onto motherboard, need to unplug GPU card from PCIE slot to clear the access
• install and test Pop!_OS Linux on my gaming rig (PC that has Windows 10 already installed and games setup)
• first test live Pop!_OS Linux boot from USB drive, with all existing drives offline (disconnected)
• create partitions for Pop!_OS, and one NTFS for MS windoz
• Extra at the end: Play testing Homeworld 2 (remaster) in Windows on same PC

Show notes, drafts:

connected cloned system drive to target
PC

-booting WinX on target PC;
WINDOWS Cannot boot properly ATM
(“Grinning” BSOD caused by remains of
incompatible device drivers or
proprietary services)

(Meanwhile) I fixed Windows boot
crashing(“Grinning” BSOD), doing
the following:

-disconnected the intermediate target
drive from target PC

-connected courier target drive back to
source computer to clean remaining
proprietary incompatible software
(kill services and device drivers),
when done just “Shut down” source PC

-removed target (intermediate) drive
from source PC

-connect courier (target)drive to target
PC and

-SUCCESSFUL Windows 10 boot
preformed on target PC from intermediate
courier (target) drive

->Now doing:

-cloning source drive to internal
M.2 SSD in target PC
(repeated steps from last stream
session):
-win partition copy OK
-install Pop!_Os OK
-used “Boot-Repair” OK

SUCCESS dual booting operational