Hola fellow ranters. Been a while.
I wanted to dual boot Windows 10 and Manjaro.

My question is, do I have to install Manjaro into another partition or same as windows.

Because I came across a tutorial that said I need to install it in same one containing the Windows boot loader.

I'm not an expert on this. Please help.

Wow, you're going in a troubled way. Learn a little how to use grub before launching you

Go ahead and install Manjaro on the same partition. Then at least Windows is gone:)

@tracktraps not helping -_-

@GrizzlyMagnum Okay, you're right, that didn't help. It was more like a joke.

Very roughly, because there are thousands of ways to achieve that what you want:
You need at least 2 partitions, 1 x Windows, 1 x Linux.

If you want it to be completely clean (without lots of partitions), In my opinion, the best way is to create an image of your current Windows (Clonezilla,...).
Then delete all partitions on the drive and split it up (Gparted, cfdisk, ...) according to your needs, e. g. 250 GB Windows, 250 GB Manjaro.
After that install Manjaro without a separate boot partition. Grub works great without a separate boot partition. Now you have only installed Manjaro on the first partition.

Then use Clonezilla to restore the Windows image to the second partition, reinstall grub and edit grub.cfg on the first partition (or boot partition, if you have one) to load Windows (there are lots of instructions on the internet). Ready. Clean. Running.

@GrizzlyMagnum You can also create a separate boot partition - it's up to you how you want it to be. Then Manjaro will be on the 2nd partition and Windows on the 3rd partition. The 1st partition is then the boot partition with grub.cfg. In this case, you would have to restore the Clonezilla image with Windows to the 3rd partition.

If you prefer the quick way, just install Manjaro on the 2nd partition. The installation routine takes care of the rest. The basic rule is: first Windows first, then Linux because Windows overwrites the bootloader during installation.

@tracktraps I have 250GB SSD, and yes I liked your simple method of Windows first, Linux second.

Now C drive in SSD has Windows, I can install Manjaro on D drive. No need for Grub, right? Or do I ?

@GrizzlyMagnum You need Grub (or syslinux, extlinux,...) in any case. The Windows bootloader can, well, only boot Windows.

I'll find you a decent guide and post it here. By the way, I'd rather use antergos than manjaro.

@tracktraps I've come across lots of people online who say Antergos is much closer to Arch and hence more bleeding edge compared to Manjaro. Manjaro is a little delayed and hence more stable.

If I were experienced enough, I would go straight for Arch, but then I wouldn't be asking this question ;)

Also I found some tutorials, which one of these should I follow to ensure least chances of Windows bootloader corruption when I decide to remove Linux

http://linuxbsdos.com/2016/11/...

https://youtube.com/watch/...

https://youtube.com/watch/...

1st video is for Ubuntu installation, 2nd is for Manjaro. Both different youtubers.

@tracktraps
My laptop is 7-8 years old, I don't think it has UEFI. Old school BIOS only.

@GrizzlyMagnum Antergos is Arch Linux and basically nothing more than an installer for Arch Linux.
If I were you, I'd install Antergos. Or - even better - arch-anywhere.
Then you have a (almost) clean Arch Linux installation.

Manjaro has many disadvantages compared to Arch Linux. I have posted them several times on devRant.

If you want to remove Linux later, you won't be able to avoid a repair of the Windows bootloader.

@GrizzlyMagnum It doesn't matter whether UEFI or Bios.

Take that as a starting point:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.ph...

@tracktraps too technical. I'm not used to terminal. But I'll try. Did you check the tutorial I mentioned? Is it worth it?

@GrizzlyMagnum I checked the tutorials you meant.

Here's a good and understandable one: https://youtube.com/watch/...