If we already have all of the above, we can already start mounting our own Dual Boot operating system. Start installing Windows and Linux on the same PC Install Windows The one that we install last will be the one in charge of updating the boot loader (GRUB) and allowing us to run the operating systems that we want to use. The only thing that will change will be the screenshots we have put in this article, since they will be different.Įven if we have a lot of space or many hard drives, we can install three or more different operating systems following the same process, one after the other. However, in case you want to install any other Linux distribution other than Ubuntu, the process will be the same. We have put Ubuntu as an example since it is one of the most known and used distros worldwide. And for this, it is best to leave this second operating system for last. The difference is that Windows, with updates to the operating system, tends to fail.įor this reason, we recommend that you make better use of Linux, which is surely GRUB. The Windows boot loader recognizes most Linux distros, and the Linux boot loader usually recognizes Windows without problems. In addition, if we want, we can also use a third-party boot manager to be able to choose between the operating systems that we want to start. Windows has its own boot loader, just like Ubuntu also comes with GRUB by default. What bootloader to use to boot Windows and Ubuntu For this reason, we recommend you create a Windows 10 installation USB, and also create an Ubuntu Live USB. USBs are the most comfortable for this task.
We will also need the installation media of the two operating systems.
Doing it with two hard drives is more comfortable and simple, but if we are going to do it in two partitions later we will explain how to do them.
So what we need are either two hard drives to install each operating system on one, or a hard drive with at least two partitions. We are going to assume that we are going to install Windows 10 and Ubuntu on the same computer with Dual Boot.