How to Dual Boot Kali Linux 2021.2 and Windows 10 (Safest Way) | Kali Linux 2021.3 Tutorials

[Music] in this video i will show you how to dual boot kali linux 2021 with windows 10. this means you will be able to install kali linux alongside with windows operating system without any data loss you can access both kali linux and windows 10 on one single laptop or computer this is the safest and easiest way to dual boot poly linux without losing windows 10 data also at the end of this video i will show you how to uninstall kali linux from dual boot safely this method will work on both bios or uefi systems with mbr or gpt partitions if you will need a windows 10 running on your pc or laptop next you need an 8 gigabytes or higher pen drive to create a kali linux bootable disk lastly a minimum of 25 gigabytes of free space is required to install kali linux step 1 downloading the required files open your favorite browser and go to the official website of kali linux and download the latest version at the time of recording this video kali linux 2021.1 is the latest version available to download kali linux 2021 is available in both 32-bit and 64-bit installers as well as live images since we are dual booting meaning installation on hard drive we will use kali linux installer image if you want to first try kali linux on virtualbox then i have a perfect guide to install kali linux on virtualbox the link is given in the description before downloading kali first check if you have a 32-bit or 64-bit machine to check that right-click on this pc and open properties system type you can see your machine type i have a 64-bit processor so i will download the 64-bit iso image simply click on the link given and kali linux will start downloading now we need to download software to create a bootable usb for this video i am using rufus to create a bootable usb it is fast and reliable you can use any different software if you want go to rufus official web page and download it link is given in description step number two creating a bootable drive once you have downloaded all files move them to your desktop for easier navigation now open rufus and connect your pen drive to your pc or laptop your pen drive will be listed under the devices tab also make sure that your pen drive is empty as this process will format your pen drive now we need to add kali linux iso image click on this select button and look for the kali linux iso file that you have downloaded select this file and click on open to import it once iso image is imported click on start button to start making bootable pen drive rufus will ask which method do you want to use to create a bootable usb personally i recommend using dd method because the iso method don't work most of the time now rufus will format your pen drive and create a bootable usb sit back and relax this process will take some time depending on the writing speed of your pen drive [Music] also this process will make your pen drive show only 400 kilobytes but don't worry i will show you how to format your pen drive back to normal at the end of this video step number three create free space for kali linux to do a boot kali linux 2021.1 alongside windows 10 you need to create free space to install kali linux to do this right click on this pc and click on manage option now click on disk management under the storage option windows disk manager is a tool where all the drives connected to your computer are shown the disk 0 is my primary ssd in which my windows 10 is installed i'm going to shrink a free space for kali linux from this ssd i'm going to use my windows c partition drive to shrink 50 gigabytes of free space for kali linux you can shrink any size of space according to your use right click on the partition and choose shrink volume for kali linux you need at least 25 gigabytes space or higher to install kali linux you have to give shrink size in mb in this case i'm going to allocate 50 gigabytes of free space for kali linux as you can see free space is showing as unallocated we will be installing kali linux in this unallocated space this way we will have different partition to install kali and our windows 10 is also safe step number four installing kali now go ahead and reboot your computer while rebooting your pc press f10 on your keyboard to open up the boot menu you should see your bootable pen drive listed in your boot menu select your pen drive and click ok to boot from it sandisk is my bootable pen drive i will select and boot from it common keys for accessing the boot menu or escape f2 f10 or f12 depending on the manufacturer of the computer or motherboard now kali linux installation is started choose the graphical install option you will need an external mouse to navigate or you have to use your tab key to navigate while installing now here choose the language in my case i will choose english as my default system language next up choose your location and keyboard layout now the installer setup will start loading all of the components wait for a few seconds if in case you see any prompt like missing firmware from removable media choose know and continue now you need to configure the network if your pc has a wi-fi card it will show active wi-fi connections you can connect to your wi-fi network and continue this step is optional you can also continue without connecting the wi-fi network here you can type the host name for your kali linux hostname and domain name is optional so i will leave them empty now you need to create a new user account on kali linux here type your name and continue [Music] also set the password for the user account and click on continue you must remember this username and password to login into kali linux after installation it's time to create partitions for kali linux since we have already created free space for kali linux we will be creating partitions manually choose this manual option over here and continue it will list all drives connected to the pc or laptop my pc has one ssd and one hard drive i have created free space in my ssd you can see all windows related partitions along with the free space that we have created in step number three are shown here we're going to use this free space to create two partitions one is going to be a root partition of kali linux and other will be a swap area you can also use a separate partition for home if you needed so for now i will stick with two partitions only first i'm going to create a root partition where kali linux will be installed select the free space and click on continue click on create a new partition and allocate 50 gigabits or more for the root partition the file system for this partition will be export journaled and the mounting point should be as forward slash root now go to done setting up partition and continue as you can see we have successfully done creating a root partition and now it's time to create a swap area swap area acts as virtual ram if your system has less amount of physical memory for those who are having more than 16 gigs of ram swap area is not needed now to create a swap partition choose the remaining amount of free space and continue [Music] here instead of x4 we're going to use it as a swap area and continue [Music] that's it now we have successfully done creating two partitions for kali now go ahead click finish partitioning to write changes to the disk as you can see these two new partitions will be created now the installer setup will start installing the basic system files now once it is done you will be presented with this menu where you have to choose your favorite desktop environment in my case i'm going with default xfce desktop environment now select what tools you want to install on your kali and click on continue i will continue without changing anything click continue to move further sit back and relax the installation process will take some time once you see the installation finished screen go ahead and restart your computer while your computer is restarting take out your pen drive now by default your pc will boot into kali linux grub bootloader where you can either select a boot into windows 10 or kali linux for now let's boot into kali linux now log in into kali linux using username and password you set earlier in this video this is how you can dual boot kali linux with windows 10 without losing any data now if you want to boot back into windows 10 go ahead restart your computer and select windows option from grub bootloader now as i promised i will show you how to fix your pen drive as you can see pen drive size is only 400 kilobytes we need to format the pen drive and create a new partition to fix it to do so open disk management and disk part on windows [Music] now go to disk part and type this command list disk this will list your hard disks and pen drives now select your pen drive using the command shown on the screen after you select your pen drive use this command to delete all the partitions from your pen drive type this command clean now go back to disk management and right click on unallocated space and create a new partition of typefat32 perfect now your pendrive is formatted to normal you can see the full storage of your pen drive [Music] now if you want to remove kali linux from your pc then you can watch this video this video will help you to safely delete kali linux partitions and remove grub boot loader from your pc link is given in description well let me know if you like this video in the comments section and also do subscribe to my channel it takes lots of efforts to create detailed videos for you all [Music] you

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Length: 12min 30sec (750 seconds)

Published: Wed May 05 2021