Guidance and Questions about Dual-Boot

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The linked instructions from IT's FOSS are not particularly suitable for creating a dual boot on two separate drives.
They are written for a installation on the same drive.

The safest way to have Windows and Linux on one computer is to install them on separate drives (each OS with its own bootloader partition) and select the respective operating system via the BIOS at startup. If you don't switch between the two systems very often, this is the simplest and safest method.
It is not a real Dualboot but you avoid security risks with os-prober.

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by the way is it safe having windows 10 and linux? ik windows 10 support ended but I at least i have a good anti-virus and I will only download trusted .exe file. And also should I encrypt my linux during zorin os installation before dual-booting just in-case or bad idea?

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I won't be using windows 10 for like around 1-2 years or until they fix for support NVIDIA like AMD and some programs that I use.

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Please lets me know in the replies, I'm not obviously going for that windows 11 that way worse than windows 10 cuz of spyware, and AIslop.

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Also can somebody upload windows 10 iso in here if you guys have it saved, but need to be that's dated from around: Jan To September 2025.

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"Encryption can lead to data loss." Seeing that on installing SuSE Linux 9.3 Professional years ago keeps me well away from Encryption.

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No. But you could try here:

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No of what?

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No we can't post isos of Windows 10 - go to the link I posted and take your pick.

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well im asking if they have, not asking you.

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Are you talking about separate SSDs?

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Well .isos aren't usually available, because Windows 10 for existing Windows users need to use Microsoft's Media Creation tool which creates a bootable USB. That is why I suggested you use Internet Archive. Besides, this forum is not a site for storing .isos.