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May 20th, 2019 09:00
XPS 8930, SSD dual boot setup, Windows 10 reinstall
Hi,
I'm really hoping for some assistance and ideally some patient guidance.
I'm a
long time Mac user that just bought a new Dell XPS 8930 Tower (i7-8700, 16GB RAM & 256GB SSD & 2TB HDD).
I am NOT used to or well versed in the whole Windows / Win10 / UEFI / PC world, and are probably googling for the wrong terms, so please forgive me for any "
obvious " or "
clueless " questions.
Brief Explanation:
I'm trying to
dual-boot
the computer with a
split SSD with both Win10 and Ubuntu installed. I will probably be using both systems equally.
I have tried various ways to install Linux, but no success. I could install LinuxMint on a HDD partition, but cannot boot from or access that partition. The SSD is not visible in Linux at all.
I have tried to change a variety of UEFI / Secure Boot settings, tried to change (Fake)RAID to AHCI, etc, but all without any real success. I've also tried booting from USBs with a variety of Linux distros and versions with limited success.
Basically, I've tried, but reached a point where I'm just lost and fairly clueless about what is possible and what I should do.
My Questions are:
1)
Is it
even possible to DUAL-BOOT from the SSD on this PC??
2) Why does the SSD disappear when I try to install Linux?? Is there some simple setting / config to be changed somewhere??
3) Would a full erase of the SSD & HDD drives and reinstall of Win10 solve the problem??
4) IF I do an erase & full reinstall,
how do I register Win10 (ie: type in the serial number) so that I can stay legal??
5) I have an
official Dell OS (Recovery) DVD , which have saved me several times. If I use this to reinstall the system, will it setup the system in the same way (ie: overwrite any of my UEFI/config changes) ??
I probably have another 100 questions, but knowing the answers to the above questions would be progress in my world ;(
I'm NOT rich, but will consider paying for assistance that leads to a successful result (if I can afford it).
Thanks for your time and attention.
PS: Details: (just in case)
SSD: KXG60ZNV256G NVMe TOSHIBA 256GB drive.
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RoHe
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May 20th, 2019 10:00
Lots of How-to's and youtube vids on this exact topic if you Google: dual boot ubuntu windows 10 ssd
For example:
http://dailylinuxuser.com/2016/05/how-to-dual-boot-ubuntu-and-windows-10.html
See if any of them help...
speedstep
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May 20th, 2019 11:00
The recommendation to do this is to INSTALL ALONGSIDE windows using 18.04.2 LTS
http://releases.ubuntu.com/18.04/ubuntu-18.04.2-desktop-amd64.iso
Disable secureboot in Windows 10
This is the most important step. The new secure boot feature of Windows , originally intended for security feature for rootkit viruses, prevents dual booting of Windows with Linux. To dual boot Windows with Linux, we must disable secure boot in UEFI.
Palladini
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May 31st, 2019 12:00
What you need to do is open the box,format the drive you you have Ubuntu on through windows, then disconnect the Windows drive and reinstall ubuntu. When Installing, as soon as the Installer gets going, plug in the windows drive, that when Grub 2 gets installed along with ubuntu, it will find the windows drive. The next time you reboot. you will the Bios Flash screen, then Grub 2 and use you arrow keys to decide which OS to run.
RoHe
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May 31st, 2019 16:00
Except the OP implies in Question #1 that the goal here is to have dual boot options from one SSD, not from 2 separate drives.