The new problem being that Windows 10 is no longer using NTFS partitions!!
When you install Windows after Linux,
Windows ignores Linux, doesn’t know how to resize its partitions, and
overwrites the Linux boot loader with its own. You’ll have to repair the
Linux system’s boot loader before you can boot back into your Linux
system again. The Ubuntu wiki has instructions for repairing your boot loader, if you need to. You can always just reinstall Linux, too. But it’s best just to install Linux after Windows.
For example, Ubuntu’s installer
offers an “Install Ubuntu alongside Windows” option that will handle
this for you. You will have to choose how much space to reserve for your
Linux system. Typically, you’ll be resizing your Windows partition to
make room for Linux, and any room you allocate to Linux will be taken
away from Windows. It’s up to you how much space you want for Windows
and Linux—if you’re just using Linux to fiddle around, you may not need a
massive amount of space. If you plan on installing a lot of Steam games
or otherwise using it as your main system, you may want a lot more
space.
At this point, Linux installers should be fairly mature and capable
of resizing Windows NTFS partitions without breaking anything. But it’s
essential to always have backups of your important files
in case anything bad happens. Of course, the Linux installer will only
be able to resize your Windows partition to make room if the Windows
partition has a decent amount of free space on it. If you have a PC with
multiple hard drives, you could also just leave Windows installed on
one hard drive and install Linux on another separate hard drive. But
they’re perfectly capable of living alongside each other on separate
partitions on the same hard drive.
From: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2955460/operating-systems/dual-booting-linux-with-windows-what-you-need-to-know.html
More on UEFI/GPT: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/Dn898510%28v=VS.85%29.aspx
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