If you have just one partition like this, you need to make some free space out of it for Linux. In the Disk Management tool, right-click on the drive which you want to partition and select shrink volume. In the Windows menu, search for ‘disk partitions’ and go to ‘Create and format hard disk partitions.’ This is why making the required free space on the disk would be better before starting the installation procedure. In many systems, while installing Ubuntu, it gives the option to make a disk partition for Ubuntu.

Step 4: Make some free space on your disk for Ubuntu installation But the rest of the process takes on the system on which you are dual booting. Installing Ubuntu and creating the live Ubuntu USB process can be done on any computer. If you have such a system, please follow this tutorial to dual boot with Bitclocker encryption.

If your system uses legacy BIOS with MBR partitioning system, please follow this dual boot tutorial.īitlocker encryption process is different: Newer systems with Windows 10 Pro have their disk encrypted with Bitlocker. However, there is no harm in verifying that your system uses UEFI. If you have bought your system in the last 5-6 years, chances are that you should already have a UEFI system on GPT partition. Make sure your system uses UEFI: This tutorial is only applicable for systems with UEFI boot. Please check whether your system uses GPT or MBR. This tutorial is suitable for systems that come with Windows 10 pre-installed with UEFI secure boot and GPT partitioning system. Dual boot Ubuntu Linux with Windows 10 Compatibility checks The steps mentioned here apply to other Ubuntu versions such as Lubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu and Ubuntu-based Linux distributions such as Linux Mint, elementary OS, etc. Once you have a good idea about the procedure and have all the necessary things on hand, start the process. See what you need and what you should do in this tutorial. Before you start following the tutorial, I advise reading it entirely first.

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