How to Dual Boot Windows 11 & Ubuntu Easily!

have you ever wanted to try Linux properly but don't want your Windows installation to disappear or are you wanting to dual boot both operating systems with a nice menu on Startup then this simple to follow guide will show you how you can easily dual boot Windows and Linux on your PC and if after trying this guide you just want to go back to Windows for whatever reason you'll be able to do that too all you need to get started is a USB drive at least eight gigabytes in size but let me stop myself right there because you yes you have the chance to win Intel's latest i7 Mini PC from Simply Nook and everyone's invited so head on down to the link in the video description for your chance to win windows and Linux have their pros and cons as a quick overview Linux is free fast and also has better security while Windows has much more compatible software available by deal booting you get the best of both worlds I'm going to use a Mini PC for my example but this this guide can be used for laptops and desktops too so let's get cracking do you have Windows 11 installed already if not I've linked a how-to in the video description for this guide we're going to use Ubuntu one of the more popular Linux distributions but other ones should work just the same head on over to the download page of your chosen Linux distribution or follow the Ubuntu Link in my video description and download it you should be downloading a DOT ISO file next grab your USB drive and make sure there's nothing important on it as it's going to be completely wiped plug it into your PC if you haven't already and head to the Rufus download page also linked in the video description run Rufus and choose the Linux ISO file you downloaded earlier check the correct USB drive is selected I can't stress this enough if you choose the wrong drive it's going to get wiped all the other options should be filled in automatically because Rufus is awesome just like that click Start and continue the prompts to create the Linux installation media all right the next step is to create a Linux partition on your storage drive to dual boot Linux at the moment Windows is using all of your main storage drive for itself but we're going to partition it so Linux can have its own slice right click your windows icon and choose Disk Management there's a list of drives here Windows should be C drive which you can confirm by going to this PC in checking if it has the windows icon so back in Disk Management I'll right click the C drive partition and choose shrink volume you will need to allocate space for the Linux OS the recommended amount for Ubuntu is at least 25 gigabytes but it's up to you how much you want to allocate I've got a one terabyte SSD and I'm going to give Linux about half for an exact calculation one gigabyte is 1024 megabytes now that you've got your new Partition it will show as unallocated and that's it before we install Linux it's best to disable secure boot if it's enabled on your PC as it often causes issues with dual booting Linux to check if it's enabled type in system in your search bar and go into system information find secure boot State and see if it's on if it is click the windows icon then power and hold the shift key while clicking restart you'll end up on an options menu choose troubleshoot Advanced options and select UEFI firmware settings your bios may look different to mine but use your keyboard arrow keys if Mouse isn't available to navigate to the secure boot option here's mine disable it with the enter key and save and exit now it's time to install Linux plug in the Linux USB installation media we created earlier if it isn't already next click windows power hold the shift key and click restart choose user device and select the Linux USB drive Ubuntu will burn press enter you can try Ubuntu if you want before installing it but I'm assuming you're committed to dual booting the penguin so click install follow the problems you can connect to Wi-Fi now or later eventually you'll come to this screen notifying you that Ubuntu will be installed alongside Windows boot manager on the allocated space we made earlier then there's some more setting up to do which is pretty self-explanatory once you've set up Linux restart remove the USB and see what happens if you only boot into Windows you'll need to head back into the BIOS click the windows icon power then hold the shift key on the keyboard while clicking restart click troubleshoot and then Advanced options choose UEFI firmware settings we need to find the option that allows us to choose the boot order so look for any boot settings once you've found your boot order move Ubuntu to the top and save and exit after the restart you should see the Linux boot menu which will allow you to choose your operating system nice one Ubuntu isn't difficult to use you've got your navigation with pre-installed software and settings panel to get you started for web browsing and document creation it's pretty straightforward if you decide you don't want Linux anymore back up any files you want to keep and head back to Disk Management in Windows delete the partition we created earlier you can then expand the drive partition to take up the remaining space to go back to how it was originally it's that easy and if you don't want Windows anymore look up g-parted on Linux to delete it that's all for this one and happy dual booting cheers

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Published: Fri May 26 2023