In my case I have one big file partition and a much smaller boot partition. If your main partition still has enough Free Space left, it is possible to shrink it and install another operating system on the hard disk. To do that, right-click it and select Shrink Volume You will have to wait a short time for your system to scan the disk for the possible amount to shrink:.
Afterwards you will be shown a menu where you can give the size of the space that shall be made unallocated, this is the space that will be available for your second operating system afterwards.
Click on Shrink to initiate the process:. After shrinking, the graphical view of the hard disk's partitions will have changed and you will see the unallocated space on it.
You could now create a new partition by right-clicking the space and clicking New Simple Volume Therefore, it is now time to insert your installation medium and install your second operating system. I agree with letting the OS installer do the formatting etc. Rather than try to understand that windows shrinking episode; if you aren't concerned with home parts.
Later you can use the linux partition tool Gparted to set up other partitions or free space, orrr, shrink partitions if you wish. This way Linux will set up swap space, make a windows recovery option in the Grub page, and Linux recovery. I've always had This way you don't need a boot sector loader and have a robust dual-booting over BIOS boot device selection!
The best place for installing the first stage of loader for a non-Windows OS is the partition boot record PBR - first sector of partition chosen for OS installation. Usually there is a choice during installation where to put the boot loader. Do not use the example ID - bcdedit will create and return the ID you should use! This file is the core part of a boot sector loader. The file can be stored under any name and Windows folder.
The Description element of the loader defines the text that will appear in boot menu for this loader. A boot sector loader object has only three elements: ApplicationDevice, ApplicationPath and Description. HxD Hex editor for example can display a boot sector file. Instead, user accounts must be added to a group to enable them to use sudo to run privileged commands. The user created on this screen will automatically be added to the sudoers group and will be able to perform any task on the computer.
The files will now be copied to your computer and Ubuntu will be installed. You will be asked whether you want to restart your computer or continue testing. When your computer reboots, a menu should appear with options for Windows and Ubuntu. Try Windows first and make sure that everything still works. Reboot again but this time choose Ubuntu from the menu. Make sure that Ubuntu boots up. You should now have a fully working dual-booting system with Windows 7 and Ubuntu Linux.
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