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Dual boot on two separate disk drives - prevent Linux from accessing Windows disc?

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I've installed dual boot Windows 10 and Linux Ubuntu, each on it's own SSD drive; two physically separate SSD discs.

When I log into Ubuntu, in the file explorer, I still can mount and access the Windows drive. I'd like to prevent this, to disable any chance of Linux modifying any Windows drive files. How can I achieve that?

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answered 1 Year ago ormlai · Accepted Answer

The only way to do this is to physically disconnect the Windows disk at the system. There's no real way to prohibit accessing the Windows drive if the system can see it.

The other thing you could do is just not click the drive and mount it - Linux won't automount the drive unless you've configured it to, and without the drive being mounted Linux can't change the Windows files.