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I've recently set up my machine to dual-boot Windows 10 + Ubuntu. Each OS has its own disk.

I'd like to keep Windows as far away as possible from the Linux disk. I noticed that disk management in Windows allows marking disks as 'offline'.

My questions:

  1. What does that do exactly?
  2. Is it advisable/helpful/beneficial to set the disk holding Linux to 'offline' in Windows?
  3. Will this alter the disk in any way (i.e. write to it), potentially destroying my Linux installation?
Fonic
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  • Possible duplicate of https://superuser.com/questions/754094/does-offline-in-disk-management-actually-turn-off-spin-down-the-disk – DavidPostill Nov 03 '19 at 19:21
  • @DavidPostill Not a duplicate, I read the other question prior to asking. I'm specifically interested in the mechanism behind the 'offline' setting and if that incurs write access to the disk in question. – Fonic Nov 03 '19 at 20:15

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