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So on my windows computer I currently have this set up for my partitions, I shrunk down the D:/ drive to make 100gb were I would like to install Ubuntu and dual boot it with windows on which is found in the C:/ drive

Below is an image of my partitions from windows:

Partitions

When I boot into the Ubuntu disk, do I chose the first option still to install it alongside windows boot manager? as seen in this tutorial below:

http://www.everydaylinuxuser.com/2015/11/how-to-install-ubuntu-linux-alongside.html

or is there a different procedure i should follow since they're 2 different drives?

Thanks in advance!

malteser
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You would choose something else:

At the partition table you will recognize your free space on /dev/sdb unallocated space.

Make a new partition on this as big as your ram size and choose SWAP.

Then make a new partition about 500MB and choose EFI

Finally make a partition with filesystem EXT4 and mountpoint should be / filling the rest of your unallocated space.

Make sure it says install bootloader on /dev/sda at the bottom or if it asks where

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TL;DR

You basically have two possibilities: to BIOS/UEFI or not to BIOS/UEFI. Both possibilities have their advantages/disadvantages.

Using BIOS/UEFI

Advantages

  1. Windows doesn't even know that Ubuntu is there.
  2. Ubuntu gets an entire HDD to itself
  3. Easier to delete Windows once you've used a professional OS. ;-)

Disadvantages

  1. You have to remember to press the button! ;-)

No BIOS

Advantages

  1. Just one menu to rule them all...
  2. No need to hit the [F12] or whatever key on boot

Disadvantages

  1. grub2 (the Ubuntu boot loader) incorporates the Windows boot loader into its own menu and boots Windows if you choose to. However, if you ever do a Windows boot repair, grub2 will be gone (Microsoft wants its OS to work and doesn't care about the rest of the world especially Linux) and you'll have to do a grub2 repair afterwards.
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