Install Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy alongside Windows 10 (Dual Boot)

Do you have Windows 10 installed but would like to switch to Linux in the long term? Then this tutorial will help you to install Ubuntu 22.04 Linux alongside Windows 10  in a dual boot environment.

There are three convenient methods to use Linux and Windows on the same PC: Here are those –

• Use a virtual machine on Windows to run Linux (or vice versa)
• The second method is to create a bootable Linux USB to use its Live system environment
• Linux is installed alongside Windows on the hard disk (dual boot)

Well, if you want to test out a few Linux programs or a Linux distribution, virtual machines or live systems will be a nice option for you. However, for those who want to make Ubuntu their primary OS but intermittently also need some Windows programs such as Photoshop then we recommend the third method: dual boot.

The advantage of a Windows-Linux dual-boot system is both operating systems can fully utilize the hardware performance of the PC.

However, before installing Ubuntu alongside Windows 10, you should pay attention to the following points:

1. Create a backup of your files

Before installing a second operating system i.e Ubuntu here, you must back up all of your files, in case something goes wrong. Hence, to be on the safe side, save your important data on an external hard drive beforehand.

2. Windows will be installed first

Here we are assuming that you have Windows 10 operating system already on your system. Therefore, to follow this tutorial install the Windows operating system first, if not already. After that start Ubuntu Linux installation, which recognizes the existing Windows system and sets up the boot manager Grub2, accordingly. Which we can use to select which operating system to use when you start your PC.

However, if we don’t install Windows first, instead of Linux, then Windows overwrites the Linux boot manager. Hence, there is no longer an operating system selection when the PC starts. In this case, you would have to install the Grub2 boot manager manually. Therefore, it is better to have Windows on our system first.

3. Disable Windows Fast startup

Win 11, 10, and 8.1 OS versions of Windows use fast boot up by default. This allows our system to boot faster but doesn’t write all changes to the hard disk when shutting down. If Linux now accesses this partition and changes it if necessary, problems can arise when Windows then tries to boot again. You should therefore disable fast startup in Windows.

 

Steps to Install Ubuntu 22.04 on Windows 10 in dual boot

1. Download Ubuntu 22.04 ISO

First, download the ISO file of the Ubuntu Linux that you want to install. Here we are using version 22.04 but the method and steps will be the same for others as well. If you don’t have the ISO image of this Linux distro already then go to the official page and grab its copy.

 

2. Create Bootable USB

The second step is to have a bootable USB drive for installing Ubuntu on your existing Windows 10 PC or laptop. You can see our tutorial on that- Make a bootable Ubuntu 22.04 USB drive.

 

3. Start Ubuntu 22.04 Installation

Once you have the bootable USB drive, insert it into your PC and restart it. After that according to your motherboard BIOS use the dedicated key to open the Boot menu. The most common ones are F11 or F12. As you have the boot menu, select your bootable USB drive to boot. This will give you the Ubuntu Grub menu.

Select the first option.

 

4. Try or Install Ubuntu 22.04

If you want to try out the Ubuntu before actually installing it, you can go for the “Try Ubuntu” option. This will give you a Live environment to use this Linux. Whereas those who want to start the installation process immediately can click on the “Install Ubuntu” button.

 

5. Keyboard Layout

Most of the time we use the default English (US)  keyboard layout, hence let it be selected otherwise select the one according to your device. After that Continue button.

 

6. Type of installation

If you don’t want to stuff your system with system utilities, software, games, media players and other tools then go for “Minimal Installation” whereas for a standard installation let the default option be selected.

Hit the Continue button.

 

7. Install Ubuntu 22.04 alongside Windows 10

Next, you will have the key option that is going to make it possible for you to access both the operating system (Windows 10 and Ubuntu 22.04) from one screen. Hence, let the “install Ubuntu alongside Windows Boot Manager” be selected and hit the Continue button.

Reason behind not getting the “Install Ubuntu alongside Windows 10”?

There can be multiple reasons behind missing “Install Ubuntu alongside Windows 10”option on your Ubuntu installation wizard. It could be due to corrupted partition; or there would be not enough space on your system left for installing Ubuntu Linux; or your Windows 10 system has not been shutdown properly before installing Ubuntu; or there would be some problem with filesystem.

 

 

8. Allocate Drive space

In the next step, the setup wizard will ask you for allocating the Hard drive space to Ubuntu. You can increase or decrease the space by dragging the divider of the box showing the Ubuntu logo. Apart from it, if you have multiple partitions and want to install it in your desired one, that is also possible using the drop-box given for “Select drive”.

Once you are done with this part, click on the “Install Now” button.

Finally, click on Continue button to give your permission to the system for creating a new pariton size. 

When the installation is finished, the system will ask you to “Restart” your PC or laptop. Eject your bootable USB drive from the system and reboot it.

 

9. Boot Windows 10 or Ubuntu 22.04 from the Gub menu

After restarting, this time instead of directly booting into Windows 10, there will be a Grub menu. From where we can select the OS which we want to use. For example- to get Ubuntu 22.04, select it otherwise go for Windows Boot manager for Windows 10 OS.

 

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