Dual Boot Linux Mint and Windows

12/5/2018 How To Dual Boot Linux Mint And Windows 10 [Beginner's Guide]
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How To Dual Boot Linux Mint And Windows 10
[Beginner’s Guide]
Last updated April 10, 2018 By Abhishek Prakash (https://itsfoss.com/author/abhishek/)
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Brief: This guide shows you how to dual boot Linux Mint with Windows
10 and enjoy both Linux and Windows together in one system.
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So you have decided to switch to Linux (https://itsfoss.com/reasons-switch-

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linux-windows-xp/). Good decision! FOSS
And if you chose to use Linux Mint, that’s
even a better decision.
Linux Mint is one of the best Linux distributions for beginners

(https://itsfoss.com/best-linux-beginners/). Using Linux Mint is fairly easy
and installing Linux Mint is no rocket science either. In this tutorial, we’ll see
how to install Linux Mint along side Windows 10 .
Before that let me recap you a few things about installing Linux Mint. There
are a few ways you can start using any Linux based operating system.
Use Linux inside Windows in a virtual machine: This runs a Linux OS

like any other application within Windows. This is also one of the safest
ways to get a feel of Linux. However, this will utilize your system
resources and if you have less than 4Gb of RAM, I won’t advise using it
extensively.
Use a live version of Linux: In this method, you put Linux on a USB or
DVD and you boot from it. This is usually slow and your changes done to
the Linux system are (normally) not saved. This is particularly useful if
you just want to see what Linux feels like.
Remove WIndows and Linux: If you have backed up your data and
have a recovery or installation disk of Windows ready with you or if you
are determined that you are not going back to Windows, you can remove
Windows completely and use only Linux.
Install Linux alongside Windows: This method is called dual booting

Linux with Windows. Here, you install Linux on a system that already has
Windows. And when your system powers up, you can choose if you want
to use Windows or Linux. This involves touching the disk partition and

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sometimes boot order. Absolute FOSS often nd it complicated but
this is the best way to use Linux and Windows together in one system.
And in this article, we’ll see how to dual boot Linux Mint with Windows
10.
Dual Boot allows you to select between using Windows and Linux at boot time
Will dual booting Linux with Windows slow down your system?
I was asked this question several times in the Linux Users Group
(https://www.facebook.com/groups/822286747871993/). So, the short
answer is no. Dual booting Linux and Windows won’t slow your system in any
way.
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The only delay is in boot time that too because you get 10 seconds of bu er
time to select between Linux and Windows. Once you have booted into either
of Linux or Windows, it will work the same as if it is the only OS in the
system. No impact on the usability of your system. Dual boot won’t slow
down your system.
Install Linux Mint in dual boot with Windows:

Before we proceed to see the procedure to dual boot Linux Mint with
Windows, let me give you some optional yet recommended safety
instructions:
Back up your data: You are going to touch disk partitions. Normally, it’s
not a big issue but just in case if you touched wrong partition etc, you
may lose data. So my advice is to back up your important les,
documents, music, movies etc to an external disk or cloud, whichever
suits you.
Have a boot repair disk: If your boot gets messed up, you can try to
repair it with boot repair disk (https://sourceforge.net/projects/boot-
repair-cd/). If you have an extra USB or CD, you can use that to create
boot repair disk.
Have a live or recovery disk of Windows ready: If your boot gets
messed up and despite all e orts, you ended with an unbootable system,
you can use the Windows diskIt's FOSS Windows.
to reinstall
I am not discouraging you. I am asking you to be prepared for the worst case
scenario.
Remember that this article applies to computers that have Windows 10

already installed on the system. You are installing Linux Mint on an already
installed Windows system, not the other way round.
I have created a detailed video tutorial on installing Linux Mint alongside

Windows 10. You can refer to it if you want to see all the steps in even more
details. I also advise you to subscribe to our YouTube channel
(https://www.youtube.com/c/itsfoss?sub_con rmation=1) for more Linux
tutorials.
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Follow the steps below to install Linux Mint in dual boot with Windows:
Step 1: Create a live USB or disk

Go to Linux Mint website and download ISO le. This ISO le is the disk
image that you can burn to a USB or DVD.
Download Linux Mint (https://linuxmint.com/download.php)
Once you have downloaded the Linux Mint ISO, you need a tool to write the
image to a disk. I recommend using a free tool called Universal USB Installer
in Windows:
Download Universal USB Installer (https://www.pendrivelinux.com/universal-usb-

installer-easy-as-1-2-3/)
It’s an executable exe le. Just double click on it to run the software and
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browse it to the ISO. Make sure that FOSS
have your USB key plugged in:
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If you need more hints, here is a screenshot tutorial on how to create a live
USB for Linux (https://itsfoss.com/create-live-usb-of-ubuntu-in-windows/).
Step 2: Make a new partition for Linux Mint

This is where you have to be cautious. If you have multiple partitions (not the
recovery ones), you can either use one of them or create a new partition
from an existing partition. Your existing data will be safe if you have enough
free space. Typically, you install Linux in under 10 Gb, however, if disk space
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if not a concern, I advise using 30-40Gb at least. This way you can have more
space at your disposal for downloading and keeping various les.
In Windows 10, go to start menu and type ‘partition’. This will bring up Disk
Management utility. Now carefully select the disk in which you’ll make some
free space by shrinking the volume:
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In my case, I only had the C Drive with 223Gb of space on it. So I shrunk it to
make 110Gb of free partition on it. I recommend watch the video to see the
exact steps you need more hint.
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Plug the live USB or disk into the computer and restart the computer. While
booting the computer press F10 or F12 function key (defers from computer
to computer) to go to the boot menu. Now, choose the option to boot from
USB or Removable Media.
Important Note: If your computer came with Windows 8 or Windows 8.1

and you upgraded your system to Windows 10, you may have to disable
secure boot (https://itsfoss.com/disable-secure-boot-in-acer/). Most modern
system with Windows 10 should not need this step, especially with Linux
Mint or Ubuntu.
Step 4: Start the installation

It takes some time to boot from the live USB or disk. Have some patience.
Once it boots in to live disk, you’ll be provided to Try Linux Mint or Install
Linux Mint. Even if you choose to try it, you can nd the install option on the
desktop:
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In next few screens, you’ll be asked to choose the language of the operating
system. It will then do some checks on available space, battery and Internet
connection.
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Step 5: Prepare the partition

This is the most important part of the whole installation. Where to install
Linux Mint? As mentioned before, I prefer separate partitions for Windows
and Linux. Windows is already installed here, we’ll prepare a new partition
for Linux Mint. In the Installation Type window, choose Something Else:
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Step 6: Create root, swap and home
Since you already created a new partition in Windows, it’s time to install
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Linux Mint on it. Now, there are several ways to do it. But here, I’ll show you
my favorite way and that is to have a Root, a Swap
(http://www.linux.com/news/software/applications/8208-all-about-linux-
swap-space) and a Home.
Create a root partition rst. Choose the free space available and click on +.
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Here, choose the size of the root (10 GB is enough but I chose to have 20
here), choose ext4 le system, and mount point as / (i.e. root):
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Now, next is to create the swap partition. Now the question is what should
be the swap size for Linux Mint installation?
The answer depends upon your RAM size, your needs, available disk space
and whether you would use hibernation or not. You can use the below
suggestion:
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RAM less than 2 GB: Swap should FOSS
double the size of RAM
RAM between 2 to 4 GB: Swap should be RAM size + 2 GB
RAM between 6 GB to 8 GB: Swap should be size of RAM
RAM more than 8 GB: Swap should be half the size of RAM or less
Don’t spend too much time thinking about swap. It is helpful for systems
with less memory. For system with more than 8 GB of RAM and SSD, the less
the swap, the better it is.
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The next step is to create Home. Try to allocate the maximum size to Home
because this is where you’ll be downloading and keeping the les.
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Once you have created Root, Swap and Home partitions, click on Install Now
button.
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Step 7: Follow the trivial instructions
Technically, you have crossed the main hurdle if you reached this point
successfully. Now you will be taken through a number of screens to select
options like keyboard layout, login credentials etc. You don’t need to be a
genius to gure out what to do here afterward. I have attached screenshots

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Once the installation is over, you will be presented with the option to keep
trying live version or to restart the system.
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And that would be it. On next boot, you will see the option of Linux Mint on
the grub screen. And thus you can enjoy the beautiful and beginner-friendly
Linux distribution. I hope you found this guide to Linux Mint dual boot
with Windows helpful.

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Here are a few common troubleshoot you might have to do after dual
booting Linux Mint:
Fix Grub Not Showing For Windows 10 Linux Dual Boot

(https://itsfoss.com/no-grub-windows-linux/)
Fix No Bootable Device Found Error After Installing Ubuntu
(https://itsfoss.com/no-bootable-device-found-ubuntu/)
error: no such partition grub rescue in Ubuntu Linux
(https://itsfoss.com/solve-error-partition-grub-rescue-ubuntu-linux/)
Fix Minimal BASH like line editing is supported GRUB Error In Linux
(https://itsfoss.com/ x-minimal-bash-line-editing-supported-grub-error-
linux/)
I strongly advise you to read things to do after installing Linux Mint

(https://itsfoss.com/things-to-do-after-installing-linux-mint-18/) so that you
can have a good start.
If you want to remove, you can follow this guide to uninstall Linux Mint from
Windows 8 dual boot (https://itsfoss.com/uninstall-ubuntu-linux-windows-
dual-boot/).
If you have questions, suggestions or a word of thanks, feel free to drop a

comment. Stay tuned for more Linux Mint tutorials
(https://itsfoss.com/tag/linux-mint). Ciao :)
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How is this the 1st search result on google?

I have done this, but laptop still boots directly into Win10.
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Have installed linux mint without problem on Windows 10 When I
Reboot linux vanished.
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12/5/2018 How To Dual Boot Linux Mint And Windows 10 [Beginner's Guide]

So you have decided to switch to Linux (https://itsfoss.com/reasons-switch-

Linux Mint is one of the best Linux distributions for beginners

Use Linux inside Windows in a virtual machine: This runs a Linux OS

Install Linux alongside Windows: This method is called dual booting

to use Windows or Linux. This involves touching the disk partition and

Install Linux Mint in dual boot with Windows:

Remember that this article applies to computers that have Windows 10

I have created a detailed video tutorial on installing Linux Mint alongside

Step 1: Create a live USB or disk

Download Linux Mint (https://linuxmint.com/download.php)

Download Universal USB Installer (https://www.pendrivelinux.com/universal-usb-

Step 2: Make a new partition for Linux Mint

Step 3: Boot in to live USB It's FOSS

Important Note: If your computer came with Windows 8 or Windows 8.1

Step 4: Start the installation

Step 5: Prepare the partition

Step 6: Create root, swap and home

Step 7: Follow the trivial instructions

genius to gure out what to do here afterward. I have attached screenshots

with Windows helpful.

Fix Grub Not Showing For Windows 10 Linux Dual Boot

I strongly advise you to read things to do after installing Linux Mint

If you have questions, suggestions or a word of thanks, feel free to drop a

Survive Vim! Lea… Ubuntu 18.04 Bu… elementary OS 5… 4

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How is this the 1st search result on google?

Mark Payter says

Have installed linux mint without problem on Windows 10 When I

Reboot linux vanished.

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