I have a new (still in box, never powered up) laptop that allegedy comes with Windows 11 Home edition installed. I want to put it on a larger drive, and be able to dual boot with Linux. I do have other computers that I can use to do the data transfers, all using Linux. I don't think that is going to be any part of my problem. 

I am a complete Windows newbie, and don't know how the licensing and authentication process works. I'm worried that I will deleted or modify something that invalidates my Windows license if I don't do things correctly. It would be helpful for someone to explain the license processes that I will need to use. Feel free to be very detailed.