"How To Dual Boot Ubuntu Linux and Windows 10 on Separate Hard Drives - Complete Guide"
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- Опубликовано: 26 окт 2024
- This video cover the recommended method of setting up a dual boot of Windows 10 and Ubuntu on a system that is using two separate hard drives for each operating system.
Step 1. Check How Windows 10 Is Installed.
Check how Windows 10 Pro has been installed as UEFI or Legacy BIOS, which can be done by opening the System Information application found at Control Panel / Administration Tools / System Information.
There will be a record called BIOS Mode in the System Summary section, which will either list Legacy or UEFI.
This is important as you can only dual boot between the two operating systems if both are installed using Legacy BIOS or UEFI, you cannot mix and match.
In terms of the actually installation, I strongly recommend using a second hard drive for the Linux installation, mainly because this will stop each operating systems from overwriting each other’s boot loaders.
But if you want to install both on a single hard drive, you will have to create some space for the Linux which can be done in Windows using the Disk Management application, selecting the disk, choosing the shrink option, specifying the amount of space and click the Shrink button to confirm.
Step 2. Install Ubuntu.
Download the latest Ubuntu 20.04 ISO from ubuntu.com and burn the image file to a USB flash drive using Balana Etcher from www.balena.io/...
Once done restart, and open up the computer's boot menu, usually this is pressing the F12 or F8 key.
On the list of the devices that appear, you will typically see a 20.04 and USB 20.04 or something to that extent which is important as the USB option is used for Legacy BIOS installation and 20.04 is used for UEFI installations, so make sure to choose the one that matches the installation of Windows.
The installation of Ubuntu 20.04 is fairly self explanatory, but when you but when you get the Installation Type page, make sure to choose the Erase disk and install Ubuntu option, then click Continue.
Under the Select drive, choose the hard drive that does not have your Windows 10 installation on it, you will see a summary of partitions that are going to be installed, so click Continue.
Once the installation process is complete, you will be prompted to remove the flash drive, so do so and reboot the system.
Step 3. Choosing What Operating System To Boot Into.
By default the next time you turn on your computer, you will be greeted with the GRUB Boot Loader, which now gives you the options of choosing to boot into either Windows or Linux.
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Any questions, get in touch :)
Hi sir. Hope.u can help me
So i installed ubuntu along my win 10 on separate drive. Disk 1 i used for win and disk 2 for ubuntu. When installation i choose to partition first not erase method. The first problem i met is, where i should install the grub?the default choise is on my disk1(which is already installed win 10). So i followed this default. Everything is clear until i reboot to test this. I just got the minimal bash like.....problem. I can type exit in the gnu grub and boot normally but is there any solution to skip this gnu grub?
I've tried some solution from internet but still doesnt work. I just thinking that im wrong in step installation the grub. Ty for help sir...
OK, grub should be installed on the disk that you are going to install Linux on, why did you choose to manually partition, when you have the option to install using the full disk which would have done all the partitioning for you?
@@IntelligentGaming2020 the disk. U mean the efi installed right?ok noted
I dont clean install bcoz its too much for ubuntu isnt it?1tb disk.. And also i still have partition for data actually. Now ill try to reinstall it. Thx
@@IntelligentGaming2020 omg i dont read ur comment clearly.... U mean the disk that linux will be instaled. So in my case it will be disk 2.
I am planning on dual booting Windows and Ubuntu on separate hard drives and eventually I am planning on dumping Windows. so a lot of tutorials on RUclips show me how to install the grub boot loader alongside the windows boot manager but as I am planning on dumping windows over the course of time I want to install the grub boot loader on the same hard drive as Ubuntu so I can maybe have another Linux distro on the other one after sometime. But how do I install grub on the same drive and also have a boot menu with options to boot into both the OS? sorry i'm a noob. Any help would be great! Thanks
EDIT: and also will I be able to boot into Ubuntu using Easy BCD in Windows if I have the boot loaders in different places?
Since I use windows 99% of the time, to save time I selected in BIOS to enter windows without prompting, and when I need to use linux, I will open up the computer's boot menu, and manually select Ubuntu.
Yep, that's another way to do it.
@nicolasguerra4970 I'm trying to do the same. May I know how did you set it up? It seems that, even though, I have two separate SSDs, dual-boot is still getting installed
@@SpintheCrow I don't remember exactly, but follow the instructions in the video. Once the video works for you, try to configure it in the Bios of your motherboard.
@@SpintheCrow I think I still have dual boot, but with the BIOS setup, my PC just starts with Windows.
This is exactly what I needed. How to set up a dual-boot & also knowing I can have normal windows start up.
Thanks for this. I triple boot my hackintosh via a 5.25" drive bay which can hold four SSD's. I've found that these drive bays are invaluable since they make it possible to switch from one OS to another within a minute while ensuring that the other not-in-use OS's cannot get mucked up. The challenge is to actually find a case with an optical drive bay! I also wanted to second your recommendation to install any OS to a separate drive and with 2.5" SSDs being so cheap these days, it's really worth avoiding the potential chaos that can ensue. Windows boot manager is particularly aggressive, but I also had some problems with GRUB (probably because I was distro hopping) trying to install itself on the EFI of my HFS+ data volumes such that the UEFI-BIOS then offers that drive as a Linux boot volume when there isn't actually ANY OS on it to boot from. Easily fixed of course, but I'm not sure Windows boot manager is the only guilty party :)
In 99% of case GRUB will install on the same physical disk as the Linux installation but if you run a tool such as GRUB repair, I think it defaults to the first disk it sees. Yes, separate physical disk are the way to go when dual booting, worst a Windows update can do then is change the boot order in UEFI, a 30 second fix.
Is lancool ii mesh a case with said drive bays? It's ez to pull out the drives
Thanks for the video - the bit about selecting the correct boot option from the BIOS was what I needed. I wish that part (booting from legacy vs uefi) was more clear in the ubuntu installation documentation.
It is a common mistake that people make, although it's hard to show the boot options in a video.
Yeah I got it - your video was great! I was talking about the official installation documentation from canonical.
very nice and straight forward, you don't always get a guy wanting to help people in the comments :)
Nah it's fine, we were all new to this at one point.
@@IntelligentGaming2020 very true. Thanks much man
Perfect video. Exactly what I needed to know. Super clear and straightforward
Thank you.
@@IntelligentGaming2020 a quick question though: I followed your recommendation for installing on a separate drive. I used an NVME for both windows 10 and Linux, installing Linux after windows. When I installed, everything on Linux worked perfectly. No errors whatsoever. When I booted back into my bios and moved over to my windows install, however, Ubuntu failed to boot, showing only the grub screen and doing nothing after stock Ubuntu was selected
@@Blesstheautmn Are you using Legacy BIOS or UEFI? And are both using the same installation, i.e. Windows and Linux on UEFI?
@@IntelligentGaming2020 windows is using UEFI (I checked via the way you showed in the video) and I’m unsure what Linux was using. If it was using legacy instead of UEFI, would changing it in bios fix it? Or would I need to do a whole new reinstall?
@@Blesstheautmn When you booted off the USB drive, did you choose the 20.04 option or the 20.04 USB option, if Linux is installed using Legacy BIOS, you will need to reinstall.
Beautifully explained, most indepth video I found on dual booting using two different drives. Thank you!
Thank you :)
Great! Thank you for this video. I was looking up for some tutorials online and your is the best. I saved a lot of time
Thank you :)
Thank you very much for posting this short, sweet and informative video. I've been lost in the weeds for years trying to figure out how to do this on my own. I almost sank my Win 10 machine "upgraded" from Win 7 screwing around with GRUB trying to dual boot Win 10 and Zorin 12. I did manage to get it back, just don't ask me how i did it. My installation of Win 10 is on a 1.8T drive in a 10 year old Dell OptiPlex 990 that has a separate 320GB drive that I would like to load Linux onto. I'm trying to do this again because Win 10 has been freezing and crashing lately and I want a more stable daily driver. I'm subscribed, wish me luck.
Good luck.
This works great! I have Arch Linux and Windows 11 Superlite dual-booted. I open the boot menu every time I need Windows. I don't use Windows unless anti-cheat games.
Awesome :D
@@IntelligentGaming2020 Thank you!
Hi, I just wrote to say thanks a lot! The video was very well done, but your replies in the comments section are even more commendable.
I actually came from another video that did the same process (install Linux on 2nd SSD, while Windows is already on 1st SSD). The presenter said, erroneously, that removing the Linux SSD will render the entire system unbootable, i.e. even Windows will not load because the Grub boot loader is gone. I found this hard to believe because Grub will be physically installed on SSD2, leaving SSD1 untouched. Your replies to several comments confirmed this, so thank you! 🙂
Yes, he was wrong, even if GRUB was not present on disk 2, Windows would still use it's own boot loader on disk 1.
Thank you for the clear, straightforward video. 👍
No problem :)
Pretty straightforward and on point! Thanks!
No worries :D
Great. Thanks a lot. I was up to the back teeth with win 10 on a 32 Bit 4Gb system and didn't want to lose my programs.
Good stuff.
Hey there!
I did install Ubuntu on my second SSD and it worked without any conflicts. But now when I start my computer the default bootloader is the windows bootloader which do not allow me to select between windows and ubuntu. I have to manually select "boot from SSD 2" (the ssd where ubuntu is installed) to get into GRUB and start ubuntu. Wanna ask before destroying my system: Is the solution simply to select the SSD with ubuntu on it as the first boot option?
Yes, that is correct.
Thanks for this video!
I've followed those steps, and worked fine... Except it doesn't ask me where to boot.
I always have to change on Bios settings. (Windows 10 installed previously in my NVMe, and UIbuntu in a SSD)
Setting the first boot device to the SSD should fix it.
Nice video bro..👍🏻😊As I have 512GB SSD and 512GB HHD in my HP Pavilion Laptop. So can I install windows 10 in SSD and Linux in HHD separately in one laptop.. Thanks in advance.
Yes, that's how I have it set up on my laptop, one SSD for Windows 10 and the other for Kubuntu.
@@IntelligentGaming2020 OMG YOUR STILL REPLYING TO COMMENTS 😭
Your a real one man!
Great informations and Video ! Thank you really helpful..
Happy to help.
Hey bro, thanks for the tutorial, just bought a new ssd for linux and I have a question, just to clarify, at the "ease disk and install ubuntu" part, will it always show the size of the disk on the options? Because I'm afraid of messing up the names of the drives when choosing it, so I'll be looking for the size since the mais HD is 1tb and the new ssd is 480gb.
Yes, I believe it does, plus it will tell you the manufacturer and type of disk it is as well.
Hey Ryan, thanks for the very informative video!
I have a question or rather need some guidance as I'm trying to do this for the first time. I currently have a dual booted Windows 10 and Ubuntu Linux on same HDD, now I want to upgrade my storage by adding a 500GB SSD and I would want to install Ubuntu Linux freshly on the SSD and let my default, out of the box Windows 10 be separate on the HDD.
How am I supposed to proceed with this and complete the required setup without any issues? What changes should I make to the procedure I followed for dual booting on the same drive?
Would be very grateful if you helped me a little here! Thanks! :)
Honestly, that is the simplest method of dual booting, much like in the video, make sure that Windows 10 is installed using UEFI, boot off the Ubuntu installation media, and when you get to the format disk option, choose the SSD, from there the installation is automatic, and once it finishes, reboot, and you will be greeted by the GRUB menu, from there choose to boot into Ubuntu.
@@IntelligentGaming2020 Thanks a lot, I'll try this out! My worry was whether both the bootloaders would be detected or not, and was there something that I'd have to do extra. Also, do I have to physically remove the HDD?
@@chethanraghavendra2217 The bootloaders are installed on separate physical disks, in this case Windows on your Windows disk, and GRUB on your Linux disk, although ultimately your boot order in UEFI determines which hard drive boots first, so along as it is the Linux one, you are all set up. No, you do not need to remove the HDD.
@@IntelligentGaming2020 Okay thanks! Will let you know if I run into any issues or if I complete it successfully
@@IntelligentGaming2020 Hey! So I followed the same procedure but after setting everything up on ubuntu, if I boot it again the screen gets stuck at blinking cursor after choosing ubuntu in the grub. Any idea why this is happening? Thanks!
thank you, straight to point, easy to follow.
No worries :)
skipped right past the whole formatting of the drive for the actual way you're installing Linux, on a separate hard drive, and how to format it, i.e. fat32, NTFS, among others, yet curiously talked about how to format and set up the drive if you're simply partitioning your c: drive and adding it there, which you recommend against.
askubuntu.com/questions/343268/how-to-use-manual-partitioning-during-installation
Thank you, very clear.
No problem.
I have an AMD platform.
I have a Windows 10 NVMe drive on my drive, but I also have a second SSD that I want to install Ubuntu on.
I created a bootable USB flash drive (with the program - Rufus).
I want to install Ubuntu without disturbing the Windows 10 (NVMe) disk structure.
Is that enough
- I will change the boot order in UEFI / BIOS.
- first it will be SSD and then NVMe.
- restart the computer (connect the USB flash drive)
- I will install Ubuntu.
After installation and reboot, only Ubuntu will start
// Start Windows 10
- I'll change the boot order back - first NVMe then SSD and Windows 10 won't show anything related to Ubuntu?
And when it wants to boot Ubuntu, I will hit F12 while my computer boots up and choose the SSD.
I think right?
Yes, what you have put is correct, so basically install Ubuntu onto the SSD, and as part of the installation process it will install the GRUB bootloader on the SSD which will give you the option of booting into Windows or Ubuntu. All you need to do is ensure that both Windows and Ubuntu are installed using Legacy BIOS or UEFI to be able to dual boot. If you manually tell your BIOS the first boot device is the NVMe it will boot into Windows, and if it is the SSD it will load GRUB up where you have an option of booting into either Ubuntu or Windows.
@@IntelligentGaming2020 Hmmm ...
Is such an installation. I choose UEFI options, will not damage my boot mernager from Windows 10?
I can't disconnect the drive from Windows (too much fun). It must be attached during installation.
5:30 on your video there is an option "Something else" and I saw that there was a choice - where to install GRUB.
I don't want it to install something on my Windows 10 (NVMe) drive, I want Ubunty to be a completely separate system and GRUB is installed on the drive (SSD).
/Doesn't want to break anything in Windows 10 - the last update forced me to reinstall the entire system.
Good afternoon all,
I have 2 laptops, both are HP'S run Legacy Bios, the first one is running UBUNTU 18. on i7 laptop and 16GB RAM, the second one is very slow and old running win10, what I would like to do is to take the HDD off the second one and put it on the faster one and would like to ba able to boot from one or the other, is there any one who can help me on this please, I would like to keep UBUNTU on the first laptop as it is and would like a bootloader to make it boot from either HDD, many thanks and very much appreciated.
You might end up having to reinstall Windows, hot swapping hard drives with MBR can be a pain.
tnx i wanted to trylinux for a while now
No worries :)
Hello there. I've got an SSD of 128GB which has Windows 10 installed on it. I've additional hard drive of 1TB which I use to store files. What I want is to install Ubuntu on SSD and have my root directory over there but for file storage, I want my home directory to be on my HDD. What option do I have?
Easy enough to do, choose the manual partitioning option when you come to the disk formatting section of the installer, specify the location of your root on your SSD and your home directory on the HDD. I recommend checking out a guide on manual partitioning for Ubuntu beforehand.
@@IntelligentGaming2020 It helped. Thank you!
Thank you for this video, I'm making a new rig and want to do this, have a ssd for windows and another for linux. I had one question does affect performance anyway?
No, you only ever use one operating system at time.
Thank you for this.
You are welcome :)
Thank you clear information
No problem :)
Which boot loader will come everytime when starting the pc
Depends on what hard drive is first in the boot order, if it is the Linux disk, then GRUB will load first, or if it is the Windows disk, then the Windows boot loader will load first.
@@IntelligentGaming2020 ssd(win10) is the first drive but after I installed ubuntu to hdd the grub bootloader shows up at the start
Hdd is the second i.e ssd disk 0 and hdd disk 1
So, I have on my laptop an SSD with 128GB that host my Windows operating system and 1TB HDD. What I whant to do is to install on the HDD arch linux. Will the method showed by you in this video apply on my case ? (btw: sorry for my english)
Yes and no, the principal is the same, but Arch linux is much more complicated to install than Ubuntu, it is all Terminal based for a start - wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Installation_guide. But if you want to install Arch with a GUI, check out zen installer sourceforge.net/projects/revenge-installer/
Exactly the same as my case.
Hey, if i choose the partition i have on the second drive i have, will it erase all the partitions on that second drive?
No, just what you have selected, however if you choose the entire disk, it will remove everything.
Hi, thank you excellent video, I did it, like this before but I had problems with up dating Windows, because every time when windows needed to restart in order to complete the process automatically went to UBUNTU, is there a way to make windows the priority boot way? Thanks in advance for any answer.
Using GRUB or not? If using GRUB, just choose Windows as the default option, or to remove GRUB out of the equation entirely, then set your first boot option in BIOS to the Windows physical disk.
having issues with the usb flash drive. after I complete the balenaetcher software and try to put it on the flash drive, it tells me I need to format the drive. When I try to do this I get a message telling me the disk is write protected therefore I cannot format the drive. where am I going wrong? thanks
Check that the flash drive does not have a physical toggle to enable read only.
If you dual boot on a single hard drive, can you get rid of the problems with the windows updates by disabeling auto updating, so that you need to confirm the windows update before it has the chance to overwrite the boot loader?
In theory yes, but if you use UEFI, you want have that issue in the first place.
Great video! When I went to my boot menu (not the bios), however, instead of seeing 20.04 and USB 20.04, my options were UEFI:CD/DVD Drive, UEFI: Removable Device, and UEFI: Network Device. I'm not sure which of these I should pick, but I guess it would be the Network Device. Is that correct?
No, the removable device option if you are booting from a USB.
@@IntelligentGaming2020 Yeah I caught that through some searching. Also forgot to unplug and replug the usb after burning the iso to my usb. Everything worked great and I got everything up and running, thanks for the walkthrough!
@@willchristensen78 No worries, glad to help.
I did an oppsie. I finish instal linux on HardDisk B, restart and remove usb stick as instruct. After restart, I straight went into Windows which is in HardDisk A. Any ideas ?
Yes, boot off Linux installation media and reinstall GRUB.
Thanks! This is helpful!
Not a problem, glad to help :)
I have Gigabyte dual BIOS what to do? Please help I didn't know that I had to boot into Bios/uefi after first time plugin the usb and select the option ,I just went with the flow and installed it on my 2ndary disk (SSD) erase & install and now it's installed correctly and also properly boots up but doesn't give me any option for Grub bootloader and straight bootsup Pop Os(my linux distro Ubuntu based).
Will I have to reinstall it ? Or is there a way to get grub or windows bootloader to show up?
So you have two physical disks, one with Windows and another with Linux installed right, so were both Windows and Linux installed using Legacy BIOS or UEFI?
Sir, i have installed windows on SSD ....and i have also a 1 TB Hard disk... I've seperated this hard disk into two partition and installed Kali linux on one of the partitions...but the problem is bios is now only showing SSD for booting as a 1st boot option , not showing any hard disk... please help me sir so that i can easily boot my linux system 😢🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Do not use Kali Linux on bare metal, it is not designed to be used that way, install Ubuntu instead.
@@IntelligentGaming2020 Ok ...thank You sir🙏🙏
I have two separate hard drives. Windows 10 on the one, Kali linux on the other. Even though I installed the grub bootloader, my computer boots up windows. Please tell me how to fix this. Windows is legacy bios and I may have installed Kali using uefi, I am not sure.
The solution is to install both Windows and Linux using UEFI.
My laptop has 512gb ssd. Can i install ubuntu on an external harddisk and make partition inside that disk?
Yes, although the performance will be poor due to the USB interface.
Hello, I have a 128 GB SSD on which Windows 7 is installed, and another 1TB HDD. What I want to do is to install Ubuntu on the HDD and keep Windows on the SDD, but when I try to install Ubuntu says “No operating system found” . What do I have to do? TIA !
How is Windows installed Legacy BIOS or UEFI, you need to install them the same if you want to dual boot.
I install ubuntu on seperate SSD and windows 10 on the other one, now, my 1st boot prior is Ubuntu, suddenly my laptop stuck at Grub screen, but if i switch 1st boot prior with Windows 10, i able to boot into my Windows 10, what should i do?
What do you mean stuck at GRUB, does select Ubuntu not load Ubuntu?
@@IntelligentGaming2020 stuck at grub rescue, black screen and only show grub>. I think, i made mistake when installing.
Silly question, could the linux drive be a portable one ? and where is the selection menu stored ? Thank you
In theory it could be but you would be limited by the speed of the USB connection, so not really practical for more than basic tasks. The GRUB menu is installed on the boot partition.
Hello, I am running into some trouble. I am trying to install Linux Lite on an second internal SSD but when resetting after installation the laptop is stuck on a bootloop and won't even boot Windows. Has this happened to someone else.?
Sounds like a combination of UEFI and Legacy BIOS.
@@IntelligentGaming2020 Both are UEFI
Done, I had to disable PTT
@@cp3kl42kd35 Awesome :)
i have two 1tb ssds on my laptop , lets call them drive A and drive B. i have windows installed on drive A. I want to install linux on drive B in such a manner that 512 gb is reserved by linux and the other half is shared between both windows and linux. is it possible ? how can I do it ?
Yes it is possible, but you will need to look into manual partitioning for drive B, just make sure that the shared drive is formatted as NTFS, and Fast Boot is disabled in Windows.
Ironically, I also have a dual drive set up and Windows seems to have taken control of both drives. I have both installed as UEFI.
Linux is on my SSD
Windows on a mechanical HD
Both drives are in Boot setup and are listed as boot options
Even if I unplug the Windows drive and reboot, Windows Repair screen comes up and tells me that there is a problem with booting to Windows.
HOW?? I have only come across boot problems (and fixed) through GRUBB.
Any Ideas?
Set your first boot option as the Linux physical disk, not the Windows or the UEFI entry in BIOS.
is there a way i can get the bootloader to work like that if I already have linux installed? I am planning to add another drive for windows, but I am already using manjaro as my daily os.
Yes, install Windows on the second drive, and then boot off a Linux live disc and reinstall GRUB, it should recognise the Windows and Linux installation.
@@IntelligentGaming2020 gotcha. thanks :D
This doesn't cover the headache of dealing with secure boot lockout of kernel modules and the need to secure sign them. Have you seen any challenges here?
I tend to use Ubuntu based distributions which tend to have support for secure boot, so in that case, I have not, that been said, I had to disable secure boot to install Manjaro.
Hi bro i got a pc from office which have windows 10 with some kind of security app installed which will detect any external HDD or software installed. To avoid this i want to install one more internal SSD in 2slot for SSD in motherboard and install windows on it to play games.i saw somewhere on internet that I can turn on or off drive on motherboard so the office security app won't detect it. Do you think it would work if i do this? Please reply as i don't have any friend who knows these kind of stuff.
Does it only detect when Windows is booted or not, if it is the latter you might be out of luck.
hello please help i'm stuck in linux and can't boot the drive with windows on it when ever i try to boot or boot override it gets stuck at a terminal screen. I've only know about your video just now as far as I remember I did the same thing you did except the beginning part I didn't know that it had to be installed with the same bios mode, I assume that might be the problem if you know how to help let me know plz and thanks.
Ok, well if you choose your bootable devices, you should be able to manually choose the Windows physical disk, usually pressing F8 or 12 will bring up the boot menu.
@@IntelligentGaming2020 yeah i did that but the same thing happens basically when i do that with the drive on Linux it boots fine abut the drive that has windows it keeps getting stuck at that screen. also noticed that in the bios the drive doesn't say windows on it.
how do I switch to windows and switch back to linux. i have them on seperate drive
If you have installed Linux second, boot off that the disk, and you should see the GRUB bootloader, from there select the OS you wish to boot into.
In my laptop, I have installed W10 on SSD completely without any partition. I have another HDD in the same laptop. I have created 2 partitions in HDD, using one partition for data storage & want to install UBUNTU in the other partition. Please guide me.........Thank you...
Might be easier to install Ubuntu on the entire HDD, and then shrink the space to create space for a data partition, alternatively, look for a guide that covers manual installation of Ubuntu with custom partitions, there are tons of guides on the Internet about this.
i have a question?
actually i have 128gb ssd having (windows) installed on it and 1 tb hdd having some data , I want to install (linux) on my hdd but scared of losing data on my hdd .
help!!
First of all, back up that data onto separate media, such as a portable hard drive, and when it comes to installing Linux, you will need to choose the manual partition option which will allow you to specify the location of your root, home and if required swap file, but I strongly recommend looking up how to do before attempting.
@@IntelligentGaming2020 thanks
@@IntelligentGaming2020 what if I create a separate partition of my HDD in Windows Disk management, and then use that partition for Linux installation. is it possible?
@@afzalashraf666 Yes, you will just need to partition manually when you install Linux.
@@IntelligentGaming2020 NO, im saying, what if I already create partition (from Windows Disk management,), for Linux installation, instead of creating partition manually while Linux installation
Hi,
i just plugged in my second hard drive for ubuntu. Now i need to create a new volume on that disk, but i only have the option NTFS or exFat. You have used Fat32, do i need to get an extra software to get as well FAT32?
Thanks so much for your help ☺️
You should not need to do any of that, boot off the installation media for Ubuntu, and when you get to the select disk section of the installer, choose the second hard drive, and it will format it as EXT.
@@IntelligentGaming2020 thanks 😊
Do I must have to use grub menu? I don't want it to ask evertime I boot laptop. I want the window holding SSD as primary. If I need ubuntu, I'll click F12 and choose Ubuntu.
Is this possible and good good practice?
No you do not now need to use GRUB, install Grub Customiser and set the GRUB timeout value to hidden, and you will boot straight into Ubuntu or your primary option, and on your UEFI setting, set the disk with Windows installed on it to the first one and you system will boot straight into Windows.
Actually works man thanks
I'm not a bot btw my name is literally a Portuguese Pen Merchant
No problem :)
Oh, I don't know from when it's windows doing, but I have just installed arch on my new ssd and I have been configuring it for three and half hour to my needs and when I rebooted to windows it just thrashed my bootloader on the other drive with linux.
No, that's something else.
When do we have to choose between legacy and uefi while installing ubuntu ?
I have disabled legacy boot from bios woll that work ?
When you choose the bootable media, normally you have two options, for example booting off Ubuntu 21.04 gives you Ubuntu 21.04 or Ubuntu 21.04 USB (the latter is Legacy BIOS) or something like that.
Hi, it's first time to use two ssd, one it already be installed windows, the other want to install ubuntu. Should step is the same as this video?
Thanks, I am naive in this.
Yes, install Ubuntu on your second SSD.
i have a 256gb hd ssd, how can i have dual boot to windows 10 and ubuntu on only this hd ssd?
Install Windows first in UEFI mode, then boot off the Ubuntu installation media, choose the UEFI option, and then as part of the installation process select the SSD, and choose the option to install alongside Windows.
but both of the devices are able to see each other as files who of separate these
Sorry, I don't follow?
I am planning on dual booting Windows and Ubuntu on separate hard drives and eventually I am planning on dumping Windows. so a lot of tutorials on RUclips show me how to install the grub boot loader alongside the windows boot manager but as I am planning on dumping windows over the course of time I want to install the grub boot loader on the same hard drive as Ubuntu so I can maybe have another Linux distro on the other one after sometime. But how do I install grub on the same drive and also have a boot menu with options to boot into both the OS? sorry i'm a noob. Thanks
EDIT: and also will I be able to boot into Ubuntu using Easy BCD in Windows if I have the boot loaders in different places?
When you install Ubuntu on a separate hard drive, it also installs GRUB on there as well which gives you the option to boot into either Windows or Linux, and if you ever want to dump Windows, then just remove or format the hard drive with Windows on. You will need to remove the Windows record from GRUB, but this is only a single Terminal command or use GRUB Customizer for a GUI option.
I'm not sure on the Easy BCD question since I've never used it.
@@IntelligentGaming2020 Thanks!
I checked me Bios version as you showed it's Legacy But in my boot menu in the top left corner it says Gigabyte UEFI DualBIOS.
After booting off of Usb the options I got
P0: My windows hdd
P1: My ssd (blank)
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 1.26
Uefi: SanDisk Cruzer Blade 1.26, Partition 1
Enter Setup
WHAT SHOULD I CHOOSE???
Edit : I chose Option 3 SanDisk Cruzer.
Pop Os installed
Rebooted
No sign of Bootloader
Boots into Windows
Rebooted
Manually booted in to SSD
Pop os works fine
Rebooted
Again booted in to Windows no sign of Bootloader
PLEASE HELP !!!!!!!!
If Windows is installed using Legacy BIOS, then you need to install Linux using Legacy BIOS otherwise you will not be able to dual boot.
i'm still new in this whole thing, it's my first experience to installing and booting linux. i'm having issue that i don't understand. i'm using balena etcher to flash the iso file as the guide told me, my target drive is a 500gb external drive that i use to store file. when i'm about to flash the file, there are warning that i'm about to erase an unsually large drive and it migth be a storage drive (which is true). i'm still confuse what "flash" mean and how do i approach this problem
Flash basically means to format the drive and extract the ISO to the newly formatted drive.
@@IntelligentGaming2020
so it will erased previous data and made a new one for ubuntu OS ?
then in my case, should i make partition for my external drive or buy a new USB drive (how much space needed ?) ?
@@romziahmadfikri6263 Honestly, at this stage, don't over complicate things, flash the Ubuntu ISO to a flash drive, and instalkl Ubuntu on a separate SSD.
@@IntelligentGaming2020 ok, so..
i need flash drive to flash ubuntu iso then install ubuntu on a seperate hard drive.
can i flash ubuntu on flash drive and install it on that flash drive ?
@@romziahmadfikri6263 Yes, flash the Ubuntu ISO to the USB drive, and use this installation media to install Ubuntu to either a SSD or HDD.
UM that is not great . All this to avoid an Ext4 partition. Better option is to avoid Grub menu for Windows if two OSs are to span over 2 drives.
So press the F12 or F8 button and manually choose what hard drive to boot off?
this is scary when my drives have similar specs. both are WDC 1tb and they both have Windows 10 installed. one is an SSD and has very important info. the other is an HDD from my old PC that I'm wanting to install Ubuntu on. not sure which is which when I'm choosing which one.
Russian Roulette
A SSD and HDD will appear differently on the installation wizard, but if in doubt, remove the Windows SSD beforehand.
can i just use something else and erase my partition from there? instead using erase disk
Yes, just select it when you get to that point, but bear in mind you will need to manually specify the Linux partitions, I recommend reading a guide beforehand.
I want to install Ubuntu in a 2tb external hard drive. Do I install everything in the hard drive or a different usb drive?
Unless it is a really fast external hard drive then performance will suffer, you really want a SSD using Sata at least.
@@IntelligentGaming2020
7200rpm is ok, right? I ran some old games on it and it was a bit faster than my internal one.
@@fizzle._12 Mechanical drives are fine for storage, but really for operating systems and games, you want to investing in SSDs, as it massively cuts down on loading times and increases performance.
Would this process be the same if I were to use pop_os?
Almost, but Pop OS uses SystemD boot and not GRUB, so bare that in mind.
The main issue I have is that we have to set the Linux SSD as a first boot device to get to GRUB menu. Is there a way to use some alternative to Windows boot loader that would allow us to have Windows SSD as a first boot device while keeping the ability to choose between operating systems on boot? And without it somehow later being overwritten by GRUB?
No, because Windows boot manager does not support booting from Linux distributions, only Windows.
@@IntelligentGaming2020 Yeah but I meant would something like Grub2win which is basically Grub but installed within Windows work in this case?
@@_overchaos_ I suppose, but I don't see what the original issue is, why is setting your Linux physical disk as the first bootable option a problem, as once GRUB loads up you then select whether to boot into either Windows or Linux, and assuming that you have installed both Windows and Linux using UEFI on separate physical disks, then GRUB should never be overwritten.
@@IntelligentGaming2020 I mean it's not a huge issue, I just like to use the fastest SSD as a first boot device.
@@_overchaos_ OK, so you have Linux installed on a HDD and Windows on a SSD?
Would this work on an external drive that you plug in through a USB port on the PC?? And if so, would anything happen if I eject that external drive so I can use the other USB ports??
In theory, but it depends on the configuration of your motherboard's BIOS or UEFI but bear in mind running an operating system through USB 2.0 or 3.0 will be very slow, so I would not recommend it.
OK thanks! I was hoping to use an external so i could avoid having to go inside my PC again and install more components after having just built it a few weeks ago, but it looks like I'm going back inside. That or I might try dual boot on the same drive as Windows. We'll have to see.
@@asianninja48 If you are going to dual boot, do yourself a favour and use two separate physical drives.
2:00 Legacy bios: When I go in the bios setup, I see securet boot disable, when I win10 boot I go into sys info, I see bios mode uefi. What should I do?
If Windows 10 is installed using UEFI, install Linux the same.
still work 2022???
100%
But this will erase windows no? Cause even if i have an empty disk i dont get to select which one the installation gonna choose .
It will only erase the disk you choose, if Windows is on that disk, then yes it will erase it, but if you have two disks and the setup only sees one then something is wrong with that disk.
Hello, I am trying to switch my windows OS from a hdd to a ssd. The priblem is, whenever I try cloning my windows hard drive, the program states that the suatem is being used by another hard drive (in this case the hard drive that I installed ubuntu on. I removed the optical bay to install a second HDD instead of having to carry arounf an external ubuntu hdd, but does it make a difference when dual booting?)
So in the end I couldn't clone my win 10 hdd, and I'm waiting on any recommendation from you or anyone else.
I noticed that whenever I take off the Ubuntu hdd and try to boot from the windows one, my bios states that it doesn't have a operating system, which is nonesense because I first installed Windows and then Linux at the end on the other drive.
Thank you for your help!!
Installing Ubuntu should not prevent you from cloning the drive, unless the drive needs to be empty beforehand, if so delete the partitions and leave as RAW. Running operatings systems off a portable hard drive, especially a HDD is not going to give great performance, although USB 3.1 SSD portable hard drives are pretty good. As for unable to boot into Windows, just reinstall the Windows boot loader.
@@IntelligentGaming2020 thank you very much for the quick reply!! Will do as instructed :)
I also tried to do something the same as your process to install ubuntu on a separate drive. but in midway ubuntu says "You need to turn off Rapid Storage Technology" Tell me the safest way to deal with
Check the manual for your laptop but usually you boot into the UEFI, and turn it off there.
@@IntelligentGaming2020 How to do it?
@@zymasethecatalyst I've already told you how, consult the manual, it will be a different process for each laptop.
@@IntelligentGaming2020 Okay thanks
i have 2 drive, the first one is only for C drive where my windows installed, and then the second drive is for D drive, i am planning to install linux on D drive by shrinking the volume from D drive and leave it unalocated for linux, but i am afraid that my data on D drive will be wiped out by linux, will my data on D drive safe??
Assuming you install in the free space on your D drive then yes, just bear in mind you will not be able to use the automatic partioning option as that will use your entire disk.
@@IntelligentGaming2020 hi, thank for your reply, by the way, i have tried installing it on windows with legacy, and MBR C drive, and for my D drive, its on GPT, when i try to install linux by creating new unalocated from D, i got some error from the terminal "this GPT partition label contains no BIOS boot partition, and then i search it on youtube, follow some tutorial about making 512mb boot partition, but in youtube tutorial, they have something like this (boot/efi) meanwhile mine is only (boot/) any suggestion?
@@jundikhaalish2081 Its because you are mixing MBR and GPT, you will have to convert your D drive to MBR, but if I'm honest, It would be easier to install Windows and Linux both using UEFI GPT because you won't be able to dual boot if you have a mixture of Legacy BIOS MBR and UEFI GPT.
@@IntelligentGaming2020 alright, i now i got the point, so there is no other way, its either i lose all my D drive data (because i have only 320gb hdd for D drive, and my ssd for C that almost full)
or i have to completly reinstall my windows, okay thank you very much, but if you have more work around, it would be nice mate
@@jundikhaalish2081 www.thewindowsclub.com/convert-mbr-to-gpt-disk
hey man, does it follow the same process for kubuntu?
Yes it does, I dual boot both Windows 10 and Kubuntu on my desktop.
I get a boot menu when the computer powers on and when I restart in Linux. However, when I restart from Windows the boot menu does not appear and it boots directly to Linux. I would like to have the boot menu every time I restart from either OS. How can I do this?
How have you installed both operating systems, on the same or separate disks?
so basicly just install and boom you're dual boooting in a sepparate drives?. so im planing to install ubuntu budgie on my hardrives cause I have window on my ssd. i am used to dualbooting ona single drive. so i just have to directly install the ubuntu and the window option will be automaticly inside the grub to choose? no need to edit things?
no need to reply. i have tried it. it works. no problem at all
Brilliant :)
@@IntelligentGaming2020 oh ya I have a question, how to make windows in the first priority to boot and also I want to make the automatic boot time shorten
@@IntelligentGaming2020 nevermind I used grub customizer
@@unaddan Spot on, that's what I use.
Can u help in uninstallin ubuntu from second harddrive
All you need to do is select the partition and format it, on Windows use Disk Management or on Linux Gnome Disks or Gparted.
Hello, I have ssd and hdd disks and win10 is on the ssd, so I wanna install ubuntu on hdd but I don't want to erase it therefore I choose the "Something else" but I get stuck over there - I cannot do anything or I get stuck at Updates screen. I don't know what to do, please help me. (I have hdd caddy by the way)
So you want to install Ubuntu into a separate partition on the HDD, and not use the whole disk?
@@IntelligentGaming2020 Yeah absolutely. I have ssd+hdd(with caddy equipment) and want to install ubuntu in hdd - I separate 200 gb for it.
But when I install it with USB and say "Something else" it gets stuck and freeze.
@@yasinsahin2962 OK, that is not normal, the next step is to usually specify the root, home and swap partition, if it is crashing something is wrong with the installation media. Try formatting the USB drive again, and flashing with Balena Etcher - www.balena.io/etcher/
Edit: IT WORKED AND NO ISSUES!! Thanks, I subbed
Wish me luck, I'm doing this with Linux Mint 20.3 CE "UNA" on my second NVMe drive. I will be using my 1TB WD Gen 3 for Windows 10, 500GB Samsung Gen 3 for Mint, and 512GB Kingston Gen 3 in a Saberent USB 3.2 Enclosure for external storage, it all goes well I will be up and running on Mint in no time. Thank you for this!
Awesome :)
Hey , I currently have windows 10 on my 256gb ssd c drive; due to a subject requirement ,yesterday I dual booted Ubuntu by making a partition of 30 gb in ssd , but now I want to uninstall Ubuntu from ssd, and start a fresh dual boot by installing it in my 1tb hdd d drive ; will the method shown by u help my case
OK, so you can remove Ubuntu from the 256GB SSD just by removing the partition, something like Windows disk manager and reclaim the space for Windows, and then install Ubuntu onto your 1TB hard drive as demonstrated in the video.
@@IntelligentGaming2020 I just removed the ubuntu safely.. now I have only windows... I have all my games and movies etc on my d drive , then how should I proceed with the video as u are selecting erase everything option while installing Ubuntu, should I make a new drive E and select that while installing Ubuntu
@@vishwasgajawada7854 Best to make a new partition on your HDD and install Ubuntu from there, alternatively on the installation wizard for Ubuntu, you should get the option to shrink the HDD and install Ubuntu on the free space.
Hi
I need some help
I have 2 drives , first 500Gb ssd and second 128 Gb ssd which Win7 is on first one and is installed in legacy mode
I want to install ubuntu on second one which in totally new and empty
is there any problem ?
or would be any problem after installation when I want to choose between linux and Win7 to boot ?
do i need to do something more or installing ubuntu in legacy mode is enough ?!
tnx
As long as you install Ubuntu in Legacy Mode you will be able to dual boot between them.
would this erase the entire data of the other drive on which ubuntu is going to be installed
Yes.
I tried that program, usb got locked and with write protecion. Fixed it using a program, tried other diferent program, universal usb installer, same result. Is the problem of my usb or Windows?
If your USB has write protection enabled, then it might be set to read only mode, is there a little switch that enables or enables that on the unit itself, as that is likely the issue.
@@IntelligentGaming2020 Not really. Isnt it possible to dual boot in second drive? Without touching the casa physically?
@@demonlogic3614 I don't follow, what do you mean dual boot in a second drive?
@@IntelligentGaming2020 Nevermind. The problem must be from the USB, its from my mother and I think she has it since 2006 haha. Gonna get a new one and try to dual boot using brand new USB. Thanks for trying to help.
thanks!
No problem :D
I want to do the same thing but for Kali not Ubuntu, any changes that come to mind?
Yes, Kali is nothing like Ubuntu, it is not a distribution that should be used as a daily driver, only use Kali if you are using it for security penetration.
Do I need to install GRUB or is it built in? and will I lose any data on the primary hdd where windows 10 is installed?
GRUB will be installed at the end of the installation process of Linux, and assuming that you have chosen to install Linux and Windows on separate physical disks, then there is no reason why either of them should delete data on either the Linux or the Window installation. If in doubt, disconnect the Windows disk beforehand, but bear in mind you will need to reinstall GRUB or install GRUB Customizer to detect the Windows installation after Linux is installed.
@@IntelligentGaming2020 Thanks for the reply. I have decided to disconnect the main hdd just to be on the safe side. How can I install GRUB Customizer?
@@ahanafmuttaki6284 Either through Ubuntu Software or with the Terminal command without quotes "sudo apt install grub-customizer"
@@IntelligentGaming2020 Hey! I installed Pop OS this way without disconnecting anything and it works fine. The only issue I have is every time the pc boot ups it does not give me a choice to select either OS. I have to go into the BIOS and select which one I need to boot from. How do I fix it? shouldn't the GRUB bootloader automatically pop up each time I boot up?
@@ahanafmuttaki6284 It should but Pop OS does not use GRUB, it uses SystemD Boot, which does not recognise installations on other physical disks, so you need to add the EFI information from Windows 10 to the EFI folder in Pop OS. Best to Google for a guide.
Can we use hard disk instead of usb to create the image?
Assuming that you can make the HDD bootable and your system will allow you to boot from it, then yes it should work, although expect installation to take longer than using a USB drive.
Then if we want to run after ubuntu so waht will we do
duckduckgo.com/?q=install+windows+after+linux&ia=web
I assume that 32 gigs what be close to the minimum for having enough storage space. Also at 5:30 why would you want to erase the disk if you are using a clean drive for the install? Thanx in advance from this newbie.
You normally wouldn't but in my case I already had something installed on that disk, but it makes no real difference either way. 32GB for an Ubuntu installation should be fine.
@@IntelligentGaming2020 Thanx for speedy response.
@@timedriverable No worries :)
I have windows 10 and ubuntu on two different hard drives using grub bootloader. Now I want to reinstall windows without messing with my grub settings and without losing data from my ubuntu SSD. Is this possible?
Yes it is possible, just ensure that when you install Windows choose the disk that Ubuntu is not installed on.
@@IntelligentGaming2020 yes but how will I set up grub again, do you have a video on how to do that?
@@athanasiosmelandinos6912 Well, assuming you have installed GRUB on the same disk as Ubuntu, then you should not have to do anything. I don't have a video on reinstalling GRUB, but a Google Search or video on RUclips will show you.
Does any data loss on windows on disabled RST? I need to dualboot ubuntu and windows 10... but its problem to install due to rst enable? what can I do?
I don't think it will cause data loss, but turning off RST may prevent you from booting Windows. The only real solution, which is not practical, is to change the hard drives to AHCI mode, reinstall Windows, and then install Ubuntu afterwards.
thxx so much
No problem :)
Hey, I have one question I would like to use my 1 tb drive for Ubuntu but not all of it of course just around 40gb, what must I do?
Create a partition of 40GB and when installing Ubuntu choose the something else option, and manually create the partitions for Home, Root and Swap, I would recommend Googling a guide beforehand.
@@IntelligentGaming2020 Alright, Thank you!