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Next we will asked to create the partition table with the our custom partitions, click вЂContinueвЂ™ to create the partition table , We will now see warning message saying that swap space has not been created, avoid this message if your system has enough RAM on your machine by clicking on вЂContinueвЂ™ or we can create SWAP same way as we created other partitions with one change i.e. Ext4 file system & lastly as mount point, select вЂ/вЂ™ i.e.

Enter the size then for partition type, select вЂPrimaryвЂ™ for вЂUse asвЂ™, use default i.e. Now, first we will create the root partition (10GB). Press вЂContinueвЂ™ after selecting the optionДЇree space on hdd will shown on this screen, select the free space & then press the вЂ+вЂ™ button on the left side of the screen to add a partition,

Second option, which we will use is вЂњ Something elseвЂќ to create a custom partition.

Select вЂњ Install Ubuntu alongside Windows 10вЂњ, with this option you donвЂ™t need to create partition table & Ubuntu will utilize all the remaining free space on hdd,.

Now here on next screen, we will need to select installation type, there are two things you can do here, On the next screen, you can opt for downloading updates while Ubuntu is being installed or you can leave it. Once your system boots up with Ubuntu, select вЂњ Install UbuntuвЂќ Now you will have 20 GB unallocated space on your HDD & we can move to installation on Ubuntu.ДЄfter creating disk space from the old partition, restart your system with bootable USB attached & it should be your first boot device (can be done via BIOS) or we can also select USB as bootable device by pressing F2, F10, F12 (Depending on the vendor). Next enter the amount you want to shrink your partition with, for example 20GB & press вЂњ ShrinkвЂќ Now select the partition that has some free space left (for me, its C Drive), right click on it & select вЂњ Shrink VolumeвЂќ This will open the Disk Management window as shown below To free-up space from HDD, press вЂWINDOWSвЂ™ key + вЂRвЂ™ & type вЂњ DISKMGMT.mscвЂњ. But if you donвЂ™t have any un-partitioned space on your HDD, then we need to free-up some space the HDD. If you already have some un-partitioned free space (around 20-50 GB), then you can skip this step & move to next step. Once we have these things ready we can now start the procedure to dual boot our system. You can download Ubuntu 16-04 from the following link & use RUFUS ( вЂњвЂќ) to create a bootable USB drive.

A DVD with Ubuntu 16.04 image or a bootable USB drive.

Windows 8 or 8.1 machines will also work with this tutorial,

A system (Laptop/Desktop) with Windows 10 pre-installed (UEFI).But letвЂ™s discuss the prerequisites first, LetвЂ™s start the procedure to create a dual boot system with Windows 10 & Ubuntu 16.04 installed. In this tutorial, we are going to DUAL-Boot a Windows laptop/desktop with Ubuntu 16.04 (using 16.04 as it has 5 year support unlike 16.10 or 17.04, which has support for only 9 months support cycle). If you are among the ones who wants to try Linux & donвЂ™t want to move away from Windows OS or you are just feeling adventurous & just want to have system that has both a Linux & Windows OS or you might want to secure your system against threats like wannacry ransomware as Linux is not prone to such threats, then this tutorial is surely for you.

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