WindowsDualBootHowTo

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Installing Ubuntu and Windows On the Same Hard Drive (Dual Boot)

  • If windows isn't already installed, install it first. If you leave space at this step you don't have to resize your ntfs partition later.

  • If Windows is already installed (taking up the hard drive):

  • Boot into Windows and backup any valuble documents/photos etc onto removable media such as CD-R/DVD-R
  • Run the windows Defragment tool on C:\
  • Download/burn or order CD
  • Once you have the CD, insert it into your CDROM drive and reboot your PC
    • If the computer does not boot from the cd (eg. Windows starts again instead), check your BIOS settings and fix as approprate.
  • If successfully booted from CD, the Ubuntu Logo will be displayed on the screen, press Enter to continue
  • Follow the prompts
  • The installer will then detect your hard drives and load the disk partitioner
    1. Choose "Manually edit partition table"
      • Listed will be your current partitions, the ntfs is your Windows partition.
    2. Select your Windows partition, press Enter
    3. Select "Size:", press Enter
    4. Select Yes, press Enter
    5. Type in a new size in Gigabytes for your Windows partition, its recommended you make AT LEAST 10 GB of free space for your Ubuntu install. Press Enter when happy with your changes. It may take some time to apply the changes.
    6. Create a swap partition of around 500mb
    7. Create a partition for your Ubuntu installation, at least 10 GB.
    8. Select "Finish partitioning and write changes to disk"
    9. Finish installing your Ubuntu system.
    10. On reboot, remove your Ubuntu cdrom from the cdrom drive, you should be presented with a list of operating systems to boot. Ubuntu should have automaticly detected your Windows installation and added an option to boot it on this screen.

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