Still, the question that bothers my mind is... What have u installed at the moment?
Zorin!
That's what I thought.
It can save you time, if you now install Window aside and with boot repair recall the bootrecord of Zorin - as your main boot.
This will save you the back up procedure, unless your thinking of rearranging your partitions of course.
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This is what I am going to do.
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Good job.
Linux/ZorinOS even let's boot iso files directly from my SSD. And I love it been using it since Zorin 15.3.
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You can keep your zorin installation. Make sure you partition to allow ms at least 20gb (the bare minimum) on the drive in a partition. Choose that partition during the install (don't get click happy). Then reinstall grub into the windows boot manager partition (efi). I'd still backup first, but it should be a moot point.
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How is Kubuntu? I am thinking of using another distro...I have installed several distros in Gnome Boxes (including Kubuntu) just to try them out but that was not a real experience, I just used them for a few minutes and even enjoyed a few.
Coming to the point now: My last experience with KDE did not go well. Still, I saw some videos about how much customisable KDE is and how much faster it is than Gnome so I would like to run a Ubuntu based KDE distro alongside Windows. Any suggestions on which distro should I try?
PS: I know I can install KDE in Zorin but I would like to install a distribution that comes with KDE Plasma by default.
MXLinux.
https://mxlinux.org/download-links/
MX-21_x64 KDE
with the debian stable kernel and ahs repos enabled.
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Wow! I did not know MX Linux had a KDE edition. 
What is ahs?
Advanced Hardware Support.
It will work nicely on the latest hardware (along with the older hardware) due to the inclusion of the latest drivers.
It is a recent development.
Since my husband is a MX user, we keep up all the latest news.
Got it!
Also..
Which version?
According to the distrowatch.com
DistroWatch.com: MX Linux
Linux kernel 5.10.70
It is astonishing to see MXLinux keeps their number one popularity there all times.
The latest release note:
https://mxlinux.org/blog/mx-21-wildflower-released/
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Thank you @FrenchPress. But I would like to get more suggestions (from others as well). I prefer Ubuntu over Debian.
It is pity Mint no longer offers a KDE version.
To tell you the truce, my KDE experience is rather limited, I am sure other members can tell you more suggestions.
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I've been testing other distros and because @FrenchPress mentions from time to time MX I drove the car and kicked the tires on it. Nice distro...enjoyed the Clementine software. The image is beautiful and can see why KDE is popular. But it's not ZORIN!!!
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MxLinux i installed on external SSD."Popcorn" still exist on pendrive. Old pc emergency Zorin Core. Many options. I need reading books about Linux. Some my ortography fail coming from automatic translation.
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I'm using Ventoy and boot different systems to trying DE's(kde gnome xfce cinnamon flux) and Distros as well as to see which I like best. I'm still learning ... but I really don't think I'll leave Zorin OS EVER. It is simple the BEST
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Yes for new users Zorin is great. I working on raspberry i reading some possibly start from not sdcard but connected usb SSD harddisk. I want streaming home lan music a Spotify.
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