How to Install Ubuntu 16.10/16.04 Alongside with Windows ...
How to Install Ubuntu 16.10/16.04 Alongside with Windows 10 or 8 in Dual-Bootby? HYPERLINK "" \o "Posts by Matei Cezar" Matei Cezar?| Published: April 22, 2016 |?Last Updated: October 18, 2016Ubuntu 16.10?released with a support of?9?months until?July 2017?and?Ubuntu 16.04?has been released in wild by Canonical with a life circle of 5 years support.This tutorial will guide you on how you can perform the installation of?Ubuntu 16.10?and?Ubuntu 16.04?in dual-boot with a Microsoft Operating System on machines that come pre-installed with?Windows 10.For fresh Ubuntu 16.04/16.10 installation, read our article about?Ubuntu 16.04 Desktop Installation Guideand?Ubuntu 16.10 Installation GuideThis guide assumes that your machine comes pre-installed with?Windows 10 OS?or an older version of Microsoft Windows, such as?Windows 8.1?or?8.In case your hardware uses?UEFI?then you should modify the?EFI?settings and disable?Secure Boot?feature.If your computer has no other Operating System already installed and you plan to use a Windows variant alongside?Ubuntu 16.04/16.10, you should first install Microsoft Windows and then proceed with Ubuntu 16.04 installation.In this particular case, on Windows installation steps, when formatting the hard disk, you should allocate a free space on the disk with at least 20 GB in size in order use it later as a partition for Ubuntu installation.RequirementsDownload?Ubuntu 16.04?and?Ubuntu 16.10?ISO Image as per your system architecture using following link:Ubuntu 16.10 DesktopUbuntu 16.04 DesktopStep 1: Prepare Windows Machine for Dual-Boot1.?The first thing you need to take care is to create a free space on the computer hard disk in case the system is installed on a single partition.Login to your Windows machine with an administrative account and right click on the?Start Menu?->?Command Prompt?(Admin) in order to enter Windows Command Line.Preparing Windows for Dual-Boot with Ubuntu 16.042.?Once in?CLI, type?diskmgmt.msc?on prompt and the?Disk Management?utility should open. From here, right click on?C:?partition and select?Shrink Volume?in order to resize the partition.C:\Windows\system32\>diskmgmt.mscShrink Volume to Resize Partition3.?On Shrink?C:?enter a value on space to shrink in MB (use at least?20000 MB?depending on the?C:?partition size) and hit?Shrink?to start partition resize as illustrated below (the value of space shrink from below image is lower and only used for demonstration purposes).Once the space has been resized you will see a new unallocated space on the hard drive. Leave it as default and reboot the computer in order to proceed with Ubuntu 16.04 installation.Create Windows Partition for Ubuntu 16.04 InstallationWindows Partition for Dual Boot Ubuntu 16.04Step 2: Install Ubuntu 16.04 with Windows Dual-Boot4.?Now it’s time to install?Ubuntu 16.04. Go the download link from the topic description and grab?Ubuntu Desktop 16.04 ISO?image.Burn the image to a DVD or create a bootable USB stick using a utility such as?Universal USB Installer?(BIOS compatible) or?Rufus?(UEFI compatible).Place the USB stick or DVD in the appropriate drive, reboot the machine and instruct the?BIOS/UEFI?to boot-up from the DVD/USB by pressing a special function key (usually?F12,?F10?or?F2?depending on the vendor specifications).Once the media boot-up a new grub screen should appear on your monitor. From the menu select?Install Ubuntuand hit?Enter?to continue.Ubuntu 16.04 Install Boot Screen5.?After the boot media finishes loading into RAM you will end-up with a completely functional Ubuntu system running in live-mode.On the Launcher hit on the second icon from top,?Install Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, and the installer utility will start. Choose the language you wish to perform the installation and click on?Continue?button to proceed further.Select Ubuntu 16.04 Installation Language6.?Next, leave both options from?Preparing to Install Ubuntu?unchecked and hit on?Continue?button again.Preparing Ubuntu 16.04 Installation7.?Now it’s time to select an Installation Type. You can choose to?Install Ubuntu?alongside?Windows Boot Manager, option that will automatically take care of all the partition steps.Use this option if you don’t require personalized partition scheme. In case you want a custom partition layout, check the?Something else?option and hit on?Continue?button to proceed further.The option?Erase disk?and install Ubuntu should be avoided on dual-boot because is potentially dangerous and will wipe out your disk.Select Ubuntu 16.04 Installation Type8.?On this step we’ll create our custom partition layout for?Ubuntu 16.04. On this guide will recommend that you create two partitions, one for?root?and the other for?home?accounts data and no partition for?swap?(use a swap partition only if you have limited RAM resources or you use a fast SSD).To create the first partition, the?root?partition, select the free space (the shrink space from Windows created earlier) and hit on the?+?icon below. On partition settings use the following configurations and hit?OK?to apply changes:Size = at least?20000?MBType for the new partition =?PrimaryLocation for the new partition =?BeginningUse as =?EXT4?journaling file systemMount point =?/Create Ubuntu 16.04 PartitionsCreate Root Partition for Ubuntu 16.04Create the?home?partition using the same steps as above. Use all the available free space left for home partition size. The partition settings should look like this:Size = all remaining free spaceType for the new partition =?PrimaryLocation for the new partition =?BeginningUse as =?EXT4?journaling file systemMount point =?/homeCreate Home Partition for Ubuntu 16.049.?When finished, hit the?Install Now?button in order to apply changes to disk and start the installation process.A pop-up window should appear to inform you about?swap?space. Ignore the alert by pressing on?Continuebutton.Next a new pop-up window will ask you if you agree with committing changes to disk. Hit?Continue?to write changes to disk and the installation process will now start.Confirm Partition ChangesConfirm Write Changes to Disk10.?On the next screen adjust your machine physical location by selecting a city nearby from the map. When done hit?Continue?to move ahead.Select Your City Location11.?Next, select your?keyboard?layout and click on?Continue?button.Select Keyboard Layout12.?Pick up a username and password for your administrative?sudo?account, enter a descriptive name for your computer and hit?Continue?to finalize the installation.This are all the settings required for customizing?Ubuntu 16.04?installation. From here on the installation process will run automatically until it reaches the end.Create User Account for Ubuntu 16.045Ubuntu 16.04 Installation Process13.?After the installation process reaches its end hit on?Restart Now?button in order to complete the installation.The machine will reboot into the?Grub?menu, where for ten seconds, you will be presented to choose what OS you wish to use further:?Ubuntu 16.04?or?Microsoft Windows.Ubuntu is designated as default OS to boot from. Thus, just press?Enter?key or wait for those?10?seconds timeout to drain.Ubuntu 16.04 Installation CompletedGrub Menu Select Ubuntu or Windows to Boot14.?After Ubuntu finishes loading, login with the credentials created during the installation process and enjoy it.?Ubuntu 16.04?provides?NTFS?file system support automatically so you can access the files from Windows partitions just by clicking on the?Windows?volume.Ubuntu 16.04 LoginAccess Windows Partitions from Ubuntu 16.04That’s it! In case you need to switch back to?Windows, just reboot the computer and select?Windows?from the?Grub?menu. ................
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