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| If I recall correctly, Windows likes to assume there is only one possible operating system in the world. If you partition Windows sees one disk, not 2 partitions, and can overwrite the boot area. Windows likes to have some hidden partitions that it doesn't show in windows. I think if you use 2 disks and leave windows as the 1st boot disk, windows can still assume it is the only operating system and cause problems. If you use 2 disks and change boot order to boot with the Linux disk, Linux actually partitions the 2nd disk with a small partition at the start just to boot. That partition is Windows aware and when computer boots you select which operating system to use. I will try to post a picture to show what I think is happening.
Edit: 1st pic is Windows disk, sda with partitions 1-5 with 4 being the main one you see in Windows.
2nd pic is Linux disk, sdb with partitions 1-5 with 1 being the boot partition, 2 Linux operating system, 4 data partition
Booting Linux: sdb1->sdb2
Booting win10: sdb1->sda2->sda4 (not entirely sure on this)
Windows likes to be in control, and defaults to combining operating system and data together, in this case sda4
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