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Revision as of 16:44, 10 February 2017
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UEFI BIOS Dual Boot
For computers with Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI)
- Determine if your computer has UEFI - Press Windows Key + R and type "msinfo32"
- Within "System Summary" look for "BIOS Mode" and it should say "UEFI", if it says "Legacy" then this procedure is not for you.
THIS GUIDE IS ONLY FOR UEFI BIOS COMPUTERS
Here's what you need to do:
- Install Windows or if Windows is already installed make sure there's room on the hard drive for Linux, if not then shrink the windows partition
- install Ubuntu - choose to "Install Ubuntu alongside Windows Boot Manager."
Legacy BIOS Dual Boot
For computers with Standard BIOS.
Here's what you need to do:
- Install Windows or if Windows is already installed make sure there's room on the hard drive for Linux, if not then shrink the windows partition
- install Ubuntu - choose to "Install Ubuntu alongside Windows Boot Manager."
- Edit the boot order to make sure Ubuntu can boot
Turn off fast boot Turn off secure boot Install Ubuntu
Resize "shrink" the Windows Partition
This step is relative to both Standard and UEFI BIOS. If Windows is already installed and occupying all of the available hard drive space, then it needs to be reduced to free up space for the Linux partitions.
Windows 10 built-in Disk Management has the ability to shrink volume and extend volume.
Press the Windows Key + R and type:
diskmgmt.msc
In the Windows "Disk Management" tool click the "Create and Format Hard Disk Partitions" option. The top pane shows you a list of your partitions, the bottom one shows you a graphical representation of your storage devices.
Right-click a partition and select Shrink Volume to resize it. You can only shrink a partition if there is enough free space. The partition you will want to shrink is the one that says it is an NTFS partition which is both active and primary.
If the filesystem is fragmented, there are system protection backup files in the way, or the swap file is in the way then you will be limited on how much you can shrink the partition even though there is free space greater than what is available. For tips on how to make it possible to further shrink the partition see How to Shrink a Windows 10 Partition.
Backup Image of Windows
You can create a backup image of Windows before you start so if you want to restore things in the event something goes wrong then you have that option.
Control Panel -> System and Security -> File History
Look in the bottom left of the File History dialog box and click "System Image Backup."
