{"id":369,"date":"2011-12-08T21:48:43","date_gmt":"2011-12-08T21:48:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/?p=369"},"modified":"2012-02-10T00:01:49","modified_gmt":"2012-02-10T00:01:49","slug":"dual-boot-your-pre-installed-windows-7-computer-with-ubuntu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/?p=369","title":{"rendered":"Dual Boot Your Pre-Installed Windows 7 Computer with Ubuntu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You have a new computer that came with Windows 7 pre-installed on it,  and you want to create a dual boot system so you can run Ubuntu Linux as  well. Here we take you through the process to install Ubuntu on your  pre-installed Windows 7 machine.<\/p>\n<p><em>For this demonstration we\u2019re using Windows 7 Home Premium (32-bit) and Ubuntu 9.10 (32-bit)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Install Ubuntu<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here we will set up a basic dual boot system with the Ubuntu 9.10  disc that will create GRUB as your boot loader. On the Window 7 machine  pop in the Ubuntu disc and boot from it.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"11linux\" src=\"http:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/11linux.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"11linux\" width=\"635\" height=\"498\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you experience a problem with the graphics with Ubuntu not  displaying correctly, go back to the start screen, hit F4 and select <em>Safe graphics mode<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"25ubuntu\" src=\"http:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/25ubuntu.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"465\" height=\"239\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Continue through the installation steps by selecting your language,  time zone, and keyboard layout. When you get to the following screen <em>(step 4 of 6)<\/em>, the easiest method for beginners is to select the first option\u2013 <em>Install them side by side, choosing between them each startup<\/em>.  On the first bar you\u2019ll see is the entire Windows 7 partition. Then on  the second bar, you can slide it up or down to specify the amount of  hard drive space you want for Ubuntu.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"22boot\" src=\"http:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/22boot.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"483\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The green area represents the amount of space we\u2019re leaving for  Windows 7, and the brown is the space we\u2019re allocating for Ubuntu.In  this example we\u2019re sliding it down to 10GB and leaving the rest for  Windows.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"23boot\" src=\"http:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/23boot.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"234\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Click continue to the verification dialog box.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"13linux\" src=\"http:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/13linux.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"280\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the next step create your user name, password, and configure log in options.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"19create\" src=\"http:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/19create.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"483\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If everything looks good, go ahead and click Install. If you need to  make any changes you can still go back and make them at this point.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"20install\" src=\"http:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/20install.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"484\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The installation will start showing a progress bar and display new features in Ubuntu 9.10.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"16part\" src=\"http:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/16part.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"486\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The amount of time it takes to install will vary from system to  system, and once it\u2019s complete, go ahead and restart the machine.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"17part\" src=\"http:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/17part.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"478\" height=\"255\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When the machine reboots you\u2019ll see the GRUB loader where you can boot to Ubuntu or Windows 7.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"18part\" src=\"http:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/18part.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"624\" height=\"430\" \/><\/p>\n<p>One thing to point out in my experience with this method is when you  first boot into Windows 7, Check Disk runs, then reboots and you need to  choose the Windows 7 option again from the bootloader.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"24chkdisk\" src=\"http:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/24chkdisk.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"542\" height=\"262\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This should help get you started in enjoying a Windows 7 \/ Ubuntu  Linux dual boot configuration. There are definitely other ways to get a  Windows \/ Linux dual boot system, but if you want a quick method, so you  can try out Ubuntu, this method works well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You have a new computer that came with Windows 7 pre-installed on it, and you want to create a dual boot system so you can run Ubuntu Linux as well. Here we take you through the process to install Ubuntu on your pre-installed Windows 7 machine. 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