Windows 10 has been out for a while now and as I have a track record for writing dual boot guides I thought it was about time I created a Windows 10 and Ubuntu dual boot guide. This guide focuses on computers with a Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) over a standard Basic Input Output System (BIOS). Jun 29, 2015  If Windows isn't already installed, install it first. If you are able to partition the drive prior to installing Windows, leave space for Ubuntu during the initial partitioning process. Then you won't have to resize your NTFS partition to make room for Ubuntu later, saving a bit of time.

Windows 10 has been out for a while now and as I have a track record for writing dual boot guides I thought it was about time I created a Windows 10 and Ubuntu dual boot guide. This guide focuses on computers with a Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) over a standard Basic Input Output System (BIOS). Another guide will be coming out shortly to cover the BIOS version. What this means is that if you were using Windows 8 and 8.1 before upgrading to Windows 10 then this guide will work for you. If you have just bought a brand new Windows 10 machine and it has a standard hard drive (i.e it isn’t a Surface Pro) then this guide will also work for you.

If your computer used to run Windows 7 before upgrading to Windows 10 then it is highly probable that this guide isn’t suitable in which case you should. How can you tell if your computer has a UEFI over a standard BIOS? In the search box at the bottom of the screen type “System Information” and when the icon appears at the top click on it.

Halfway down the right panel there is an item called BIOS mode. If it says UEFI then this guide will work for you. Steps For Dual Booting Windows 10 And Ubuntu The steps required for dual booting Windows 10 and Ubuntu are as follows. • Backup your Windows 10 operating system (optional but highly recommended) • Create a Ubuntu USB drive • Enable booting from a USB drive • Shrink the Windows 10 partition to make space for Ubuntu • Boot into Ubuntu live environment and install Ubuntu • Amend the boot order to make sure Ubuntu can boot Back Up Windows 10 In the list of steps above I have put this down as an optional requirement but I can’t stress highly enough that you should really do it. Let’s imagine for a moment that you have a machine that used to run Windows 8 and you spent the time upgrading to Windows 10. If you follow this process and for whatever reason it doesn’t work and your machine is left in an undesirable state then without a backup the minimum it will cost you is the time it takes to reinstall Windows 8 and then upgrade to Windows 10. Imagine now that you don’t have the Windows 8 media and you don’t have a viable recovery partition. How to program a motorola ht1000.

You now have no way of getting Windows back without buying either the Windows 8 disk which costs around £90 or a Windows 10 disk which costs £199. You would also have to find and download any required graphics, audio and other drivers required for Windows to run properly. I have written a guide (linked below) which shows you how to backup all of your partitions using a tool called Macrium Reflect. There is a free version of the tool available and the most this tutorial will cost you is time and if you don’t have one an external hard drive or a spindle of blank DVDs. Create A Ubuntu USB Drive There are many tools out there for creating a Ubuntu USB drive including UNetbootin, Universal USB Creator, YUMI, Win32 Disk Imager and Rufus.