WindowsDualBootHowTo
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Installing Ubuntu and Windows On the Same Hard Drive (Dual Boot)
If Windows is already installed:
- 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:\
If windows isn't already installed, install it first. Create a partition during install for Windows that fits in with your partitioning scheme (ie leave space for Ubuntu). Once Windows is installed:
- Download/burn or order CD
[http://www.ubuntulinux.org/download/ List of Download Mirrors]
[http://shipit.ubuntulinux.org/ Order Ubuntu CDs] (currently free!)
- 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 the computer does not boot from the cd (eg. Windows starts again instead), check your BIOS settings and fix as
- 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
- Choose "Manually edit partition table"
- Listed will be your current partitions, the ntfs is your Windows partition.
- Select your Windows partition, press Enter
- Select "Size:", press Enter
- Select Yes, press Enter
- 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.
- Create a swap partition of around 500mb
- Create a partition for your Ubuntu installation, at least 10 GB.
- Select "Finish partitioning and write changes to disk"
- Finish installing your Ubuntu system.
- 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.
- Choose "Manually edit partition table"