Joe composed on 2021-01-14 17:25 (UTC):
> Windows does not contain any provision for running any
> other operating system but itself.
But, unless something changed very recently, it still retains the ability to
read
and transfer control to the PBR of an alien partition (i.e. chainload to Grub).
> It is necessary for a new operating system to hijack the boot process,
Strictly speaking, it is not necessary. Practically speaking, it is what usually
happens, same as what Windows does if installed after Linux.
> or at least to amend the BIOS boot list to place itself as highest priority,
> and it will then offer Windows as an option at boot time.
Probably it should in most cases, but don't count on it happening without
intervention.
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