Question: Should I Install Ubuntu or Windows First?
Contents If Windows Isn’t Already Installed, Install It First. If You Are Able to Partition the Drive Prior to Installing Windows, Leave Space for Ubuntu...
If Windows isn’t already installed, install it first. If you are able to partition the drive prior to installing Windows, leave space for Ubuntu during the initial partitioning process. Then you won’t have to resize your NTFS partition to make room for Ubuntu later, saving a bit of time.
Should I install Linux or Windows first?
Always install Linux after Windows
If you do want to dual-boot, the most important time-honored piece of advice is to install Linux on your system after Windows is already installed. So, if you have an empty hard drive, install Windows first, then Linux.
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If you want to run Ubuntu 20.04 Focal Fossa on your system but you already have Windows 10 installed and don’t want to give it up completely, you have a couple of options. One option is to run Ubuntu inside of a virtual machine on Windows 10, and the other option is to create a dual boot system.
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