I've got a question regarding dual boot using Seagate SSHDs.
My computer specs are:
- MoBo: AsRock 980DE3/U3S3
- CPU: AMD FX-6300 3,5 GHz 64-bit Non-Overclocked
- GPU: AMD Radeon R7 360 Sapphire Nitro
- RAM: 8 GB
- SSHD: Seagate 1TB SSHD (8 GB SSD cache)
- PSU: 500W some no-name, I think.
- OS: Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit
Computer is custom built, I don't think I've got Secure Boot there (Checked via Windows PowerShell).
I want to dual boot Windows 10 with Ubuntu 14.04.0 or 16.04. My partitions are:
- C: 390 GB
- D: 196 GB (Empty)
- E: 343 GB (Empty)
- 500 MB System Reserved
All partitions are NTFS ones. So here are my questions: Is Ubuntu Seagate SSHD compatible? Can I install Ubuntu on E: partition safely and still be able to boot Windows?
If yes:
I suspect most of the Windows 10 system files are in the SSD cache. Will installing Ubuntu harm them? Or move them to HDD? Will reformatting E: to ext4 harm Windows and/or its activation? And on which partition would I have to install GRUB to cover both Linux and Windows? Which version of Ubuntu (from these 2 mentioned by me) will work better with my computer?
I really thank you for any help.