Can I Install Linux and Windows 10 on the Same Computer?
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Windows 10 isn’t the only (kind of) free operating system you can install on your computer. … Installing a Linux distribution alongside Windows as a “dual boot” system will give you a choice of either operating system each time you start your PC.

Can you install Windows and Linux on the same computer?

This article also assumes that Linux is already installed on the hard disk using Linux native and Linux swap partitions, which are incompatible with the Windows operating system, and that there is no free space left on the drive. Windows and Linux can coexist on the same computer.

Can I install Windows 10 after installing Linux?

To install Windows alongside Ubuntu, you just do the following: Insert Windows 10 USB. Create a partition/volume on the drive to install Windows 10 on alongside Ubuntu (it’ll create more than one partition, that’s normal; also make sure you have space for Windows 10 on your drive, you might need to shrink Ubuntu)

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