Thursday, August 29, 2019

dual boot - Install Windows Alongside Ubuntu 14.04 on Second hard Drive


Currently I have Ubuntu 14.04 installed on one hard drive, and I'd like to install Windows onto a second hard drive. I've read that I need to boot into a LiveCD, usually I'd use my memory stick for this, but I need to use it to install Windows with. Unfortunately I don't have a second memory stick big enough to have the Windows installer on it. Can I still install Windows alongside Ubuntu without the need for an Ubuntu LiveCD? Can someone guide me through this so I don't mess anything up?


Thanks in advance!



The easiest way to do what you want given your resources of two hard drives and one USB stick, where one hard drive has Ubuntu already installed:



  1. Erase the USB stick and prepare it as an Windows installation USB.

  2. Turn off the computer and unplug it.

  3. Open the computer and disconnect the Ubuntu hard drive.

  4. Put the new hard drive in its bay and connect all the wires.

  5. Install Windows as if you have just one hard drive, the second one.

  6. Turn off the computer and unplug it again.

  7. Reconnect the Ubuntu hard drive. Keep the Windows hard drive connected as well.

  8. Start the computer and get into its BIOS.

  9. Make sure the Ubuntu hard drive is the first in the list of drive to
    boot from, save BIOS settings and reboot the computer.

  10. The computer will boot directly to Ubuntu. This is normal.

  11. In Ubuntu open a terminal by pressing
    Ctrl+Alt+T and enter:


    sudo update-grub



This will add the option to choose between Ubuntu and Windows in the GRUB screen. The GRUB screen will show every time you start/ restart the computer.


Hope this helps


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