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The latest version of the Ubuntu operating system for desktop PCs and laptops, Ubuntu 19.04 comes with nine months, until January 2020, of security and maintenance updates. Ubuntu 19.04 release notes. Recommended system requirements are the same as for Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS. Ubuntu is a popular operating system which is open source and has easy installation. It is quite flexible thanks to its unlimited customization options and it highly secure in nature. For many developers, journey on Linux begins at Ubuntu which is why today we will give you a tutorial on how to install Ubuntu 18.04 along with Windows 10. How to Run and Install Ubuntu Linux on Windows 10. Ubuntu has now been added to the Windows Store, with the description: “Ubuntu on Windows allows one to use Ubuntu Terminal and run Ubuntu command line utilities including bash, ssh, git, apt and many more.” Ubuntu runs in a sandbox alongside Windows 10, sharing access to files. Wubi, which is Windows-based Ubuntu Installer, is a good solution. It provides the easiest way to install Ubuntu for Windows users, without the need to mess around with the existing partitions in the hard disk. When you run Wubi in Windows, it adds an entry to the boot menu and install Ubuntu within a file in the existing Windows file system. This tutorial will guide you on how you can perform the installation of Ubuntu 19.04, Ubuntu 18.10, or Ubuntu 18.04 in dual-boot with a Microsoft Operating System on machines that come pre-installed with Windows 10. This guide assumes that your machine comes pre-installed with Windows 10 OS or an.

I have Ubuntu on my laptop. Now I want install Windows 7 in a dual-boot. How can I do this?

I can't lose my Ubuntu files, and I'm afraid that I might break GRUB.

Go here for UEFI only!

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Here's the general outline:

Make space for Windows
Install Windows
Mount the /boot directory or partition
Install the bootloader (GRUB)

Open up GParted, and make sure that you have at least 20 GB available for Windows 7, either as a partition you can remove, or as unpartitioned space. If it's a partition, remove it from GRUB to make sure it doesn't break your Ubuntu install — GParted will complain if anything bad is about to happen.

Make note of current /boot device. If that doesn't show up there, make note of the / device. The device name is something like sda5.

Install Windows 7 into the space you just made

_{Note: Instead of mounting the boot directory or partition from the installation in the live media environment you can specify the path with the --boot-directory parameter for grub-install, more information on the manpage.}

Load up from your Ubuntu live CD, and then run these commands.

If you DO NOT have a separate /boot partition:
If you have a SEPARATE /boot partition:

_{Note: These instructions were initially written for Windows 7 and BIOS booting computers. If you have UEFI and Windows 8 and above you probably need to replace grub-pc with grub-efi-amd64 in sudo apt-get install grub-pc.}

Then continue with those commands:

And restart. It should work fine and boot both systems.

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Installing Windows after Ubuntu is not the recommended process for a dual boot Windows and Ubuntu system, but it is possible.

First, you have to make sure that the 50GB free space is available, resizing your Ubuntu by using gParted if necessary.
Also use gParted or Disk Utility to format the the free space as NTFS, this prevents Windows 7 from creating an additional boot partition in addition to the 'C' drive.
Next, boot to the Windows DVD installer and install Windows on the NTFS partition. Upon reboot, Windows will automatically boot and you won't see the grub menu allowing you to choose Ubuntu, because the Windows bootloader has replaced grub.
Now, what you need to do is run Ubuntu from LiveCD or LiveUSB and installboot-repair.
To install boot-repair, open up a terminal by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T and type the following commands:
After installation, boot-repair will automatically launch, if is doesn't, launch it via Dash.
Make sure to select recommended repair to repair grub. Reboot and that's it.
You should now have a Grub menu on boot, allowing you to choose from Ubuntu, memtest, and Windows 7

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boot-repair did a really good job launched from a live-usb, by just applying the recommended option.

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When you boot have you checked the boot order on your BIOS? If you're booting straight to the hard drive it will always miss the USB. You need to move the USB device boot option higher in the priority list.

Also check that your computer allows you to boot from USB in the USB port you are using.

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To install Windows you need an empty partition that will be dedicated to Windows. If you do, then go ahead and install on this using the normal installation procedure. After installation, reboot into Windows and reboot a few times more to experience Windows ;-) (sorry, couldn't resist)

Like you said, this will break GRUB and your computer can only boot Windows after this. Do not despair, as there is a help section dedicated to restoring GRUB and being able to dual boot. Look here. After performing this, your computer will be able to boot Ubuntu as well as Windows.

Before you start, very very carefully note down the location (hard drive number, make & partition number within that) of the current Ubuntu install (which you don't obviously want to overwrite) and the empty partition in which you want to install windows. Also, during Windows installation, if it offers to format any partition other than the one you are installing Windows into, please do not accept.

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In case your computer came with a pre-installed copy of Windows 8 and you removed it because to many people told you to hate it and you found that after you installed Ubuntu, that

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