Fair 'nuff, risk assessments are sometimes very subjective and that’s totally ok, although I’d contest whether $100 is cheap for everybody. Personally I’ve never caused a disaster when installing Linux, but I’ve also been at it a fairly long time so I’m reasonably confident I know what I’m doing – my first distro was some Slackware version in the 90’s
I personally wouldn’t take this chance, especially when a new drive is so cheap.
Fair 'nuff, risk assessments are sometimes very subjective and that’s totally ok, although I’d contest whether $100 is cheap for everybody. Personally I’ve never caused a disaster when installing Linux, but I’ve also been at it a fairly long time so I’m reasonably confident I know what I’m doing – my first distro was some Slackware version in the 90’s