Exactly what I was going to suggest. I’m a little late to the game but will be diving in to Linux soon I hope!
I was talking to someone who said they have two internal hard drives and run Linus on one and windows on the other due to work need.
Also, he had a 24 year old laptop (doorstop) that was useless and installed Linux (puppy?) and it works perfectly!
Because we know Windows is the virus. ..As is Gates.