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I looked at several related questions because some questions remained for me.

I have just bought a Asus Ultrabook with Windows 8 pre-installed, 500gb HDD and 24gb SSD. Apparently (according to some other answers to related questions) Windows is installed in the 24gb SSD because it boots very fast. I intend to follow this tutorial http://www.everydaylinuxuser.com/2014/05/install-ubuntu-1404-alongside-windows.html but I have few questions about the outcome and process.

First, Can I install only Ubuntu in the SSD (considering I'm novice and didn't find any specific tutorial) and keep windows in the HDD, does worth doing that ? I intend to use MatLab, Python (I'm still novice at Python too, so nothing demanding), Mathematica and others, in Windows I need to use AutoCad 2d and some other similar programs. If I do install Ubuntu in SSD, would it be "painful" to access bios as it is with Windows ? (I can't access directly pressing F2, I need to follow some steps and then restart twice the computer.) Then, assuming everything above is ok, does that tutorial works for my case ? He shrinks partitions on Windows, could it result in a problem since "Windows is installed in the SSD"?

Obs: I'm assuming that SSD couldn't have Windows and Ubuntu since it is too small.

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Don't do it!

Leave the SSD alone and install on the HDD. Then use bcache to use the 24GB HDD as a cache for the HDD just like Windows uses SRT!

Follow this advice: Installing Ubuntu Alongside a Pre-Installed Windows with UEFI instead.

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Fabby
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You can install Ubuntu on the small SSD. I did that, but that small SSD isn't very reliable. It is already going bad for me, it has many bad sectors. I wouldn't recommend it honestly.

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