How to install ubuntu os with windows 10

Ubuntu is a very popular, open-source computer operating system that has an easy installation. For many software developers, the journey on Linux started with Ubuntu which is why today we will give you a very detailed tutorial on how to install Ubuntu 18.04 alongside Windows 10.

How to install Ubuntu alongside Windows 10 [dual-boot]

First of all, create a backup of your Windows 10 operating system just to be on the safe side. After the backup, follow the following step to install ubuntu alongside windows10

Download Ubuntu ISO

1. Open your browser and enter the following URL: https://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop
2. Once the URL has been opened in the browser, click on the “Download” button to start the download.
3. Once you are done its now the time to create a bootable DVD drive.

Create a bootable disk

Insert a DVD in your windows and right-click on your ubuntu file and click on the "burn to disk" option.

Shrink space for Ubuntu

The tool we will use to shrink space for Ubuntu is known as the “Windows Disk management tool”. The following are the steps to make use of this tool.

1. Start the “Disk Management” tool by doing a right-click on the Windows start button on the bottom left on the screen and choose the “Disk Management” option.
2. A window will come up displaying all of the available drives.
3. Right-click on the drive which in most cases is the “C:” which has the biggest free space and choose the “Shrink Volume” Option.
4. A window will also come up, showing up the best possible size.
5. Adjust the size as per requirement and click on the “Shrink” button.
6. The shrinking process will now start and a new unallocated partition is started once the shrinking process has been done. This partition will be used to install Ubuntu in the system.

Once the shrinking process has been completed it's now time to run the Ubuntu live environment and then install it.

Run & Install the Ubuntu:

The first step to install Ubuntu is to run Ubuntu in a live environment. To run the Ubuntu live environment, we have to reboot our computer and load the boot-up menu. Usually, in most of the machines the boot-up menu comes from the “F12” shortcut key, but, in some PCs, the boot-up menu appears from “ESC”, “F2”, “F10” key as well. For the actual confirmation, check the user manual of your machine.

1. Once the boot-up menu comes up, choose the option to boot from “USB FLASH DRIVE” and click on enter.
2. The booting process will come up and once the booting process has been finished you will have an option of how you want to use Ubuntu.
3. Select the “Try Ubuntu” option and press enter.
4. The Ubuntu live session would start.

To install the Ubuntu in our computer double-click on the “Install Ubuntu” option that is located on the desktop.

1. After clicking on the Install Ubuntu option, a wizard will come up and the Ubuntu installation process has been started.
2. Follow the remaining onscreen prompts to set-up other personal configurations.
3. After that, the set up will start and copy the files from the bootable DVD to the actual hard disk drive.
4. Once the setup has been completed, it will now ask you to reboot the computer for the changes to take effect.

Once the system has been rebooted, you can see that the grub bootloader will ask which operating system you want to boot. Select windows or ubuntu as per your requirement.