Unsolved
This post is more than 5 years old
3 Posts
1
761
April 5th, 2017 21:00
help with dual boot on aw13
hi all,
just got my new AW13 oled and I would really like to have dual boot with Ubuntu.
does anyone have a nice step by step guide?
I created my Ubuntu bootable stick. I was able to make the Ubuntu installer see my hard disk only if I changed it in bios from RAID to AHCI (which wouldn't let me boot back into windows!!). This way I managed to get into the installer and see my new logical partitions. Then I got overwhelmed with the Linux boot options: I guess I know where to install the root ("/") but where do I install the bootloader? I don't want to mess up the windows boot manager. Also, can I return the harddisk to RAID after the installation? It's confusing.
Anyway, any help would be highly appreciated.
Cheers!
Tesla1856
10 Wizard
•
17.7K Posts
•
70.7K Points
1
April 5th, 2017 21:00
Well, a Macrium Reflect Free v6.x Full Image (with verify on) of whole drive will return that drive to its current state.
You could also just pull that one and drop in a spare to play around.
I think someone posted a Ubuntu Dual-Boot setup guide (on an Alienware laptop) a while back. But maybe it was just a full Linux-only install. Did you search forum?
pptmstr
3 Posts
0
April 5th, 2017 22:00
Thank you Tesla, that would be another question of mine, how may i return my system to the factory install? please explain a bit.
I have looked around a bit but there are some unanswered questions. I was hoping to find a step by step guide.
cheers!
Tesla1856
10 Wizard
•
17.7K Posts
•
70.7K Points
1
April 5th, 2017 22:00
Settings / Update / Recovery / Reset this PC ... should do it.
You will have Macrium Reflect Free Image in case not (which will at least return it to now).
Also see ...
http://www.dell.com/support/article/us/en/4/SLN297920/reset-or-reinstall-windows-10-on-your-dell-computer?lang=EN
pptmstr
3 Posts
0
April 7th, 2017 19:00
Thanks Tesla.
I was thinking of a recovery solution in case I mess up my boot partition.
I'll look into the Macrium Image.
Cheers!
Tesla1856
10 Wizard
•
17.7K Posts
•
70.7K Points
0
April 7th, 2017 21:00
I think I would just treat it like a normal computer.
Seems like Ubuntu manual or forums would be the best place for this info.
Tesla1856
10 Wizard
•
17.7K Posts
•
70.7K Points
1
April 7th, 2017 21:00
You are welcome.
As you can see, there are lots of options ... all built-into Windows-10 now.
Windows-10 also has it's own "Imaging" program as well, but I prefer using Macrium Reflect Free instead.
Finally, you can always do a "Nuke-and-Pave" and clean-install Windows-10. It's widely accepted to just use the Microsoft.com supplied/created flash drive of it. I just heard it's already updated with "Creators Update" build.