Another excellent guide. I have an older laptop dual-booting Ubuntu and win 10, but couldn't remember how I achieved it. Your videos go at a perfect pace, I think. Not too fast, and very articulate. Thank you.
This was a great video! I've always setup dualboot systems. Jay made all the things I struggled with look easy. Still that's part of Linux the education. On my current laptop one thing that tripped me up was my bios had a setting called "fastboot" with that enabled (default) I never saw grub and always went straight to the Windows login. So if you don't have a boot menu at power up check your bios settings. FYI if you ever update your bios it will most likely enable fastboot and you have to go in and disable it again.
When using diskpart in Windows there is no need to delete the partitions one by one. You can save time just by using the command “clean” once you’ve selected the correct disk. This will remove all partitioning information from the selected disk.
yup, the clean feature is quick, however, always good to list partitions and double check that what you think you are smoking is what you expect to see smoked. Only have to smoke the wrong drive once to be very sad.
Wanted to try Ubuntu for a while, this video is a great entry point to do so! Also gave me a little refresher on Windows in the process, because I have been using MacOS for 20+ years now. Great job!
I am really surprised UEFI and TPM 2 didn't even have to be mentioned in this video, I really thought it had more hoops to jump through because Windows forces TPM2.
Thank you so much for this video. The instructions were very easy to follow, I did have problem with pressing the f12 button but apparently it‘s possible to boot from a flash drive from the advanced settings in windows 10 and windows 11(in case anyone is having the same problem), this option works as well.
You made my day. Thank you ! Making my Win 11 with Dual boot with Ubuntu, Nvidia driver, - bang on , This is what I plan to do when I get my new m/c next week. Thanks again
I like your videos. Very easy to follow and understand. I jumped head first into Linux without the dual boot. Probably should have not done that lol. Keep it up man, I appreciate it
Thanks so much for this guide! It got me through the process for the most part, though I ran into issues with secure boot (had to turn it off then back on with an additional option for Microsoft 3rd party certs), bitlocker (had to turn it off and back on), and setting up drive encryption on Ubuntu (turns out you can only do that during install, and you have to temporarily select "erase disk" to access advanced features, then change the selection to dual boot with Windows).
Thank you so much for the help in this video. Easy to follow commentary and full step by step instructions. My only problem was downloading Ubuntu from a USB stick. All was good when I decided to use a CD instead.
thank you so much for this clear, not geeky at all explination im new in this ubuntu world so you will see me again watching videos from you , thanks for sharing all the way from mexico
thanks much man, been able to install Ubentu on my system with dual boot settings. Good that you pointed out the redflags alongside the install process.
Thank you so much! Clearest instructional video for this subject ever. Got my new Minisforum UM350 set up for dual booting. Now to learn Linux (shudder!).
Anyone on the other side of the coin (having linux and needing to install W10/11: 1.1) You have just 1 disk. Enter on any linux live usb that has a disk utility (like gparted) and shrink your home partition leaving at least 128gb? free (that depends on you) 1.2) You have 2 disks. Just ignore 1.1 since it's easier for you. 2) Boot into W10/11 install and make sure you enter into "Custom Install" and you select the partition (for 1.1) that is blank or the 2nd disk (for 1.2) 3) After you have installed and configured W10/11, go to BIOS setup and change the boot order to make sure Grub/linux is at the top. 4) Boot into linux and sudo update-grub 5) Now you should see the Windows Boot Manager option on Grub so you will have almost the sames as 21:36
Very nice video but as a warning for viewers, take into consideration the windows BitLocker encrypted enable option before starting installation. Thanks a lot for this video!!
Thanks for the feedback. Do I have to turnoff BitLocker permanently to have dual boot setup? or Disable BitLocker to setup the multiboot and enable BitLocker once done? Would this even work?
Thank You very much for explaining every step so clearly. It's great! I just want to remind everyone to make sure and Disable the BitLocker (in Windows11) before installing Ubuntu or else you'll run into trouble. My PC locked up but MS sent me a looongest key code to enter ... so I got out of it all right! BitLocker is an MS antitheft method which is good but won't allow writing to or changing the partition.
I have heard that the process for dual booting Ubuntu hasn't changed, because Ubuntu supports Secure Boot and is signed by Microsoft to run just fine with the whole TPM, Secure Boot process in the UEFI. Other distros, however, such as Pop!_OS does not support Secure Boot. I have heard that disabling Secure Boot to get Pop!_OS working will prevent Windows 11 from starting up when you switch back. You would need to go and re-enable Secure Boot each time. One or two folks have even found that Windows 11 will still refuse to boot if you have something like GRUB linked to a distro that doesn't support Secure Boot. You will have serious trouble booting back into Windows. If you have any advice in this regard, I would really value your insights. I would love to dual boot alongside Windows 11, but I am risk adverse as I work in a bring your own computer environment, and Windows is an important part of my ability to get work done.
Chris is right. I dual boot by changing drives. You can either use a removable drive bay or a bank of switches to switch drives. Both can be bought off of Amazon. The switches are advertised to switch drives off to save power, which isn't a good way to save power, but they can be used to select the drive to boot to before booting.
@@jamescat8411 Thanks for your response. Do you not have issues with the TPM and Secure Boot? Or do you switch it off and back on again as needed? The TPM is not part of the SSD, and stores it’s own keys.
@@matthewsjardine I leave secure boot on, and install the Linux version on the new drive. I don't know about TPM, but I think it should be fine, because TPM seems to be a passive way of doing things. That is the OS needs to access the TPM first to have anything happen.
@@jamescat8411 I am not sure how it worked for you, but I am glad it did 🙂 I guess it is one of those theory vs reality kind of things. I am going to install Pop!_OS and hope for the best. I am technically proficient enough to deal with whatever may come, even if that means reinstalling Windows. In theory, that should not work. TPM stores the signed OS files that is allowed to boot. If not signed, the PC is supposed to not allow you to boot into that OS. I know for a fact that Pop!_OS is not signed by Microsoft. Ubuntu, Fedora, Open SUSE is, however. Therefore, they should work fine.
I don't dual boot a laptop. For Desktop I just run 2 drives with their own systems and select which boots from the quick boot option selector. Saves so much time and headach in the long run.
Another home run. Thank you Jay. In a future video, could you explain how to set up a 3rd partition on the hard drive that could be used for data you want to make accessible to BOTH operating systems on a dual boot system? Thank you. Bonus points if you show how to SET UP a HDD and/or NextCloud to accept TIMESHIFT back up images. Many thanks.
Usually i set it up in a way that i can boot my Windows installation either native or as a VM through virt-manager. I like this much more than dual booting because i usually run Linux and when i have to do something in Windows i just start it as VM. And when i do more serious things in windows i can just dual-boot the same Windows installation. Only the virtio-win graphic drivers seem to not work good with windows 11 because it doesn't automatically change resolution to the size of the virt-manager window, that worked with windows 10.
@@Monarchias In virt-manager add a VM and set the firmware to OVMF with secureboot. Add the harddrive (/dev/sda in my case) and set the cpu to host-passthrough. Add the virtio-win ISO as a CD drive, that's needed for the drivers to access disk and network. For Windows 11 you may also add a virtual TPM and configure it to pass through the real TPM module. I installed windows native and then reinstalled it through the VM, i'm not sure if installing native is needed but installing through the VM was necessary with Windows 11 because otherwise the VM wouldn't find the drive and thus didn't boot. On my Windows 10 installation i had to remove software from asus that was automatically installed because i have an asus mainboard and that software lead to a bluescreen when booting it as a VM.
@@Charlie8913 Thank you. I'll definitely will try it. With windows 10 for now, and later who knows. :) I hope Jay will also cover this with troubleshooting included later in a future video. Let's hope the best. Until that I'll do some experiments. Thx again.
I love having some dual boot or complicated boot computers. There is a sequence to follow, though. "Legacy boot" and whatnot in BIOS must be decided on before you start. That also mean that you don't have a choice sometimes. You can risk to redo the whole thing with wrong choices.
Great vid, but pity you didn't show how to use the wholw drive with Ubuntu and windows, in your case so that you have nearly 1tb which you can use by both operating systems.
It is always a good idea to keep your original windows install on a new computer because most BIOS up dates only work on windows. But why would anyone want to dual boot Ubuntu with Windows 11 anyway ?
@Thom Giordano in some cases it's not that you're not ready, it's just impossible to completely switch. I'm ready to ditch windows completely asap but i need premiere for work and Adobe are absolute cunts, just refusing to make a Linux version
@@majkati69 , I have migrated to Linux, except Solidworks for my day job. I use gimp and blender in stead of Adobe. It was a steep learning curve, and don’t expect it to work like Adobe. Since I am doing it as hobby, it doesn’t matter. And there are always work arounds. The advantage of open source is of cause money saving. I have 3 computers that I can delicate the job of rendering and editing without having to buy 3 licenses. Also because Linux, gimp and blender is not resource hungry, they work fine in slightly older computers. That put my other computers into good use.
@@esphilee Same here, can't wait for the day I can finally stop dual booting windows. Feels bad having to keep that dookie stain of an operating system on my PC just for two programs.
Because as muc as you'd like to think it, Linux does not have all the tools windows, basic things like drawing and typing software sure,... But advanced engineering tools and some IDEs do not have a Linux equivalent etc...
awesome, did a reinstall after watching this video as I messed a few steps the 1st time, ha, not annymore. Many thanks, this is a frickin awesome machine now that it was installed properly - the drivers yes!! or not... but now the configuration was of course smooth and without errors and actually solved my problems I was encountering as stated here in the clip. So, I am gonna try to put Archlinux on an external drive so I can switch between ubuntu or archlinux. Btw, I locked that boot order with master keys so no one can change that, might be worth mentioning? Thanks for the video, so spot on!
Awesome video!!! Super helpful for someone who is wanting to try dual booting. I did have one question. Do you have any resources or tips for completely removing the other OS? I've found a few resources for removing Linux and the partition if you want to go back to just windows, but haven't found anything on the Linux side. Would it be easier to just do a full reinstall, or is there a way to remove and extend partitions in Linux? Thanks in advance.
I set up a dual boot system recently (w10 & mint). It was more trouble than its worth. First the clock on the linux partition was off by 4 hours. That wasnt too hard to resolve. But then a weird problem with the networking which took days to figure out what was happening. Only happens when restarting from windows to mint. The nic gets locked and the internet doesnt work. There is no way to unlock the nic in linux. Ive tried many things. Only solution to get the internet working is to power off and power on to load mint. Should be the same thing, restart vs power off then power on. Apparently not. Also the reverse (mint to windows) works fine which made it that much harder to figure out.
Great Video. Only one question: Do you have any idea to what to do to prevent losing GRUB with any Windows upgrade?. I have this problem with my machine (Dual boot with Windows 10 and Ubuntu) everytime I download updates or security patchs. I use boot reaload to recovering the GRUB. Thanks a lot.
Yes ..this problem is happend with me too whenever I install Ubuntu dual boot with windows 11 in hard disk (in MBR partition style ) . How to solve the grub rescue problem ?
Did you have problems with loading WIndows? Once I disabled secure boot in bios and from that moment, I have problems with booting windows, specially with dual boot windows and Ubuntu. DO you have any solution? HE mention in video, that he recorded but I couldn't find. Thanks.
I had an issue a couple of years back trying to do what one demonstrated. The version of Window 10 was using radio to stream from disk. However, the version of Ubuntu (19.10 I think), which was a free desktop version, was incompatible with this interface. I couldn't load Ubuntu without changing the BIOS settings on the computer (XPS-15). Does Ubuntu 21.10 use radio interface? I can't believe Windows 11 has regressed. An excellent video.
Thank you for the nice video. Is it required to disable secure boot, fast boot and hibernation before installing ubuntu along wise windows 11? Secondly, does this method automatically create multiple ubuntu partitions --- one for boot, one for root, one for swap, and one for home?
It is required to disable fastboot on laptop or you might won't see grub, I don't lnow for hibernation, but it's not required to disable secure boot since Ubunutu is compatible with it.
For those stuck at not getting F12 to work, try pressing it multiple times during that restart. Then if it works, but the screen looks different than the one in the video, choose the one with the flash drive.
@learnLinuxTV How about create a video on how to create a portable Ubuntu drive. Maybe install Ubuntu on an external USB SATA drive. I bought a M.2 SATA enclosure and put a 256 M.2 SATA drive in it. This way, I can move it around between my different machine. My laptop with integrated AMD graphics and My desktop which is running an nvidia card. It is not easy to create a portable drive because the Ubuntu install always installs onto the first EFI partition. This would a more advanced video.
Pretty easy once you know how (I had the same question a couple of months ago). You have to use VirtualBox (OS doesn't matter). Create a new machine, without a virtual drive (do NOT start it). Then manually connect the (ubuntu )ISO in storage settings, then connect your external drive in the USB settings. Now you can startup the machine and install (Ubuntu will only see the external drive). Et voila! a portable ubuntu (or any other Linux distro). Bonus tip: Put it on a small thumbdrive, stick it in the PC of the biggest Linux hater you know. Change the boot order in the BIOS. And watch them explode....
I just finished watching your "Choosing the Right Linux Distribution | Pros & Cons of the Top 7 Server Distros" video on the @Linode #Linode RU-vid channel. Kudos man, you're one helluva teacher. I appreciate and value the helpful information. Thanks for sharing.
I'm assuming the procedure is the same for dual booting Windows 10,and Ubuntu, or Ubuntu/Debian derived OS? I've seen some videos,that recommend resizing the partition, n Windows, as opposed to, in Linux. Doesit matter,really?
@jay Thanks for always delivering high quality and easy to follow tutorials. I've been following your channel for years. I ran into the Grub bootloader issue you mentioned. My side by side installation went to plan until the reboot point. i.e. I removed the USB media per the Ubuntu installation wizard. But, rather see the Linux bootloader with Unbuntu and windows OS options, my machine went straight to Windows. And I've checked the BIOS boot options and Linux is not an option. I did see the option for "EFI File Boot 0: yes" and chose this as the main boot option. But, again Windows boots. Any ideas or suggestions? Thanks again
It is very informing video thanks. I have a question and I have read previous comments. Similar concerns exist but not this exact one. I am currently using W10. I made everything W11 ready. TPM, Secure boot all active. But now my PC can not boot from USB to install anything including my WinPE recovery USB's. What to do to make sure it does? Where to copy security keys for successfull and secure boot from USB?
How does dual-boot compare to KVM in this scenario? I have been using Linux for most of my works, except Solidworks which only work in Windows. Should I consider KVM or dual boot?
Would definitely consider a virtual machine if you just need/want one or two apps on Windows, if only for the fact that you can partition your entire drive for Linux and then easily manage how much space you want for your VM as needed. You can also clone this VM and back it up.
The one thing with that is solidworks should use gpu acceleration so you will need an extra gpu to pass through to the vm which you could run the host on an integrated gpu and pass the dedicated gpu through to the windows guest.
@@tpttecmic , that mean I have to find a Laptop that has both integrated GPU and discrete GPU? Since all my works are in Linux, I find myself needing to reboot frequently. Unfortunately Windows and Solidworks startup time are longer than desired (pain in the ass actually). The main question is: Does KVM cause significant performance lost in Solidworks, compared to dual boot.
I know this is a dual boot W11 and Ubuntu 'desktop' ... but 'server' doesn't have this similar graphical interface. There is no question about "... alongside Windows Boot Manager". It looks like it just jumps to partitioning with the default being "Use an entire disk" versus detecting Windows. Any videos on dual booting with a 'server' instance? I know it's odd, but this will be a server about 95% of the time but with the ability to boot up Windows 11 if need be (since I already upgraded the license from Win10 to 11).
My partition style is GPT, Shall I put my both Legacy support and Secure boot disable or Legacy enable and secure disable or Legacy disable and Secure enable Sir?
in diskpart I always used to do: >>list disk >>select disk X >>clean >>create part prim [/ >>create partition primary] that seems a lot quicker to me and it should also erase all information on the device (including all partitions) + then create a new primary partition so windows is able to use the device again. Is there any difference to your method that I should be aware of?
I was trying to set up dual boot with full disk encryption. Spent two days playing with partitioning and distros, but it didn't work. Moreover I have optane nvme. So I wanna have RAID to manage it. Insane that in 2022 that's so difficult!
I've got a Matebook D14 (Intel version) and thinking about installing Ubuntu alongside Windows 11. My main concern is that the HD of the laptop came partitioned into 2 partitions - the main (W10 one) which is about 120gb and a second empty one (about 340gb) as data storage. I am considering installing Ubuntu straight onto the Data partition but my main problem is where the boot manager is going to be installed? Ideally I want it to install on the Data partition alongside Ubuntu OS itself and not on the primary Windows partition (which is already about 70% full). This is not only going to minimize the chance of messing with Windows filesystem but I I will also be able to format the Data partition with Diskmanager all at once and re-purpose it as data storage if needed. So my question is how can I be sure the boot manager will install on the 2nd (data) partition and not on the primary one?
@learnLinuxTV please add a video for fixing a windows bios update that deletes ubuntu from boot menu, using f12 , system-d or GRUB anyone. It once happened to me with Pop os
Did you do a video of how to recover if Windows waxes the GRUB boot menu? You mentioned doing one in this video, at about the 22 minute mark, but I haven't stumbled upon it.
For my system, Asus, I had to disable Secure boot to boot from USB. Then like Jay did I tested the Live version and installed Ubuntu. Once installed I went back into bios and enabled Secure Boot which I think W11 requires? It works fine for me.
I was doing exactly as the video stated, everything was going well, until I restarted and switched to windows. After logging in, the screen was black and with a cursor, I waited for 30 mins+ hoping it would get back to normal(it didn't). I tried as a lot of tips I found on the internet. None worked. Any help will be appreciated 😭😭
Do you have a video on dual booting from a separate hard drive. I remembsr trying this on my desktop and I could not figure out how to do it. Dual boot tend to be on a single hard drive a lot of times. Right now I dual boot on my laptop but I would much rather has Linux on my desktop on its own hard drive
When I tried to write to the USB, it failed. Now when I try to open the USB, it says I need to format it. When I try formatting it, it says it's write protected. So....... I don't think I can use the USB anymore or install Linux, so I'll just stick to Windows 11. Edit: I fixed the USB, but I defiantly won't be trying to install Linux again in the future.
