I guess to answer your question, no, you should have no issues wiping Win10 and installing Linux. Your distro will determine if it allows UEFI booting. Try without disabling Secure Boot, and if that doesn't work, them disable that and see.
Jeremiah Bess On Sun, May 31, 2020 at 9:47 AM Jeremiah Bess <jeremiah.b...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thinkpads make excellent Linux machines. I have a E595 that runs like a > champ. My model has a NVME SSD with Win 10, and I added a regular SSD so I > can dual boot without the dual boot issues. First I set the normal SSD as > the first boot device in BIOS, then disabled Secure Boot (maybe it isn't > needed now days, I didn't test). I installed Linux Mint, and now if I want > to boot to Windows, I just hit enter on boot and choose the NVME SSD to > boot up. > > Jeremiah Bess > > > On Sun, May 31, 2020 at 9:33 AM Scott Vargovich <bluesfrea...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> I bought a Lenovo Thinkpad 570 laptop that comes with Win 10 Pro. Am I >> going to have any issues wiping the hard drive and installing Linux on it? >> This is the first time that I've ever had a Win 10 laptop. >> >> -- >> <>< Scott Vargovich <>< >> ------------------------------------------ >> OpenPGP Key ID: 29C36884 >> ========================== >> Ham Radio Call Sign: KE8CQC >> ========================== >> GMRS Call Sign: WQXJ287 >> ------------------------------------------ >> >> -- >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users >> Group. >> To post a message, send email to linuxusersgroup@googlegroups.com >> To unsubscribe, send email to >> linuxusersgroup+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> For more options, visit our group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup >> References can be found at: http://goo.gl/anqri >> Please remember to abide by our list rules (http://tinyurl.com/LUG-Rules) >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Linux Users Group" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to linuxusersgroup+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/linuxusersgroup/CAE8T3AKDFrp7hT_t%2BMup%2BZufpG7Yrp8d6-uBBSx%2Bdw4YDwA1QA%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/linuxusersgroup/CAE8T3AKDFrp7hT_t%2BMup%2BZufpG7Yrp8d6-uBBSx%2Bdw4YDwA1QA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to linuxusersgroup@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe, send email to linuxusersgroup+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup References can be found at: http://goo.gl/anqri Please remember to abide by our list rules (http://tinyurl.com/LUG-Rules) --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Linux Users Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to linuxusersgroup+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/linuxusersgroup/CAN%2BraetNuNJLhZ-cUNkb_74C7%2Bt%3D8XVpOFuOtA086Fvzq3S0tA%40mail.gmail.com.
