Originally Posted by musocity
I had that problem on my tower PC, I had to unplug the Win HD for it to boot Linux each time.
I made a Linux install on a USB 3 stick for my sister's HP notepad that seem to work using the laptop's boot menu.
They were partitions on the same SSD drive, so wiping the partitions was my best try. Didn't work.
Win8.1's desktop was cra^H^H^H suboptimal anyway.

Whatever, it's done and AVL:MXE now has the entire one terabyte SSD to itself, my touch-screen PC is back and I'm feeling less stressed about a forthcoming sound setup and rehearsal. I have another laptop that I could fall back onto, but it's Windows, has no built-in touchscreen, and getting an external touch screen reliable has been an issue. A mouse works at a pinch, the touchpad is useless/scary for live sound. I could also connect a touch screen direct to the mixer, but I find it a bit slow and clumsy like that.

Jazz relative beginner, starting at a much older age than was helpful.
AVL:MXE Linux; Windows 11
BIAB2025 Audiophile, a bunch of other software.
Kawai MP6, Ui24R, Focusrite Saffire Pro40 and Scarletts
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