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Looking for some help with regards to dual booting my PC.
Currently I have an ASUS Z97M Plus Motherboard and I am running Windows 8, however I wish to dual boot to run Ubuntu 16.04 as well.
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I have partitioned my Hard Drive and have created a boot-able USB device with Ubuntu currently installed on it. I have also disabled fast start-up.
I have looked for tutorials on YouTube with respect to how I should change the boot order however, the original video I watched with regards to dual booting did not have this step and said he did not include this step because every motherboard has a different BIOS/UEFI. I also found that there may be some things that I need to disable but I am not sure which and I don't to take the risk of screwing something up along the way by missing out on steps that were not showed in tutorials that I have watched.
Mainly what I am looking for help on is; how to properly change the boot order with my current motherboard/UEFI/BIOS so that I can boot into my USB and what settings I need to change/disable.
Additionally Questions:
1) For anyone that has dual booted; are there any consequences or negatives to doing so.
2) After I install Ubuntu do I need the USB plugged in at all times or can I boot from my hard drive.
Thank you.
Currently I have an ASUS Z97M Plus Motherboard and I am running Windows 8, however I wish to dual boot to run Ubuntu 16.04 as well.
Motherboard: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ]
I have partitioned my Hard Drive and have created a boot-able USB device with Ubuntu currently installed on it. I have also disabled fast start-up.
I have looked for tutorials on YouTube with respect to how I should change the boot order however, the original video I watched with regards to dual booting did not have this step and said he did not include this step because every motherboard has a different BIOS/UEFI. I also found that there may be some things that I need to disable but I am not sure which and I don't to take the risk of screwing something up along the way by missing out on steps that were not showed in tutorials that I have watched.
Mainly what I am looking for help on is; how to properly change the boot order with my current motherboard/UEFI/BIOS so that I can boot into my USB and what settings I need to change/disable.
Additionally Questions:
1) For anyone that has dual booted; are there any consequences or negatives to doing so.
2) After I install Ubuntu do I need the USB plugged in at all times or can I boot from my hard drive.
Thank you.
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Boot in to your BIOS and choose to boot from the USB. You don't have to change boot priority or anything, there will be a tab somewhere that says something like "boot device" or "boot menu", just select your USB there and it should go in to the installation. It shouldn't be hard to find. It might be easier if youre using EZ mode in the BIOS as opposed to advanced.
1) it's perfectly safe, ignoring user error. As long as you have installed both operating systems properly, you will be fine.
2) Once the OS is installed, you can remove the USB. Same as a Windows install.
1) it's perfectly safe, ignoring user error. As long as you have installed both operating systems properly, you will be fine.
2) Once the OS is installed, you can remove the USB. Same as a Windows install.
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13 wrote Boot in to your BIOS and choose to boot from the USB. You don't have to change boot priority or anything, there will be a tab somewhere that says something like "boot device" or "boot menu", just select your USB there and it should go in to the installation. It shouldn't be hard to find. It might be easier if youre using EZ mode in the BIOS as opposed to advanced.
1) it's perfectly safe, ignoring user error. As long as you have installed both operating systems properly, you will be fine.
2) Once the OS is installed, you can remove the USB. Same as a Windows install.
Thanks a lot for your input brother!
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TTG_FU_Microsft wrote13 wrote Boot in to your BIOS and choose to boot from the USB. You don't have to change boot priority or anything, there will be a tab somewhere that says something like "boot device" or "boot menu", just select your USB there and it should go in to the installation. It shouldn't be hard to find. It might be easier if youre using EZ mode in the BIOS as opposed to advanced.
1) it's perfectly safe, ignoring user error. As long as you have installed both operating systems properly, you will be fine.
2) Once the OS is installed, you can remove the USB. Same as a Windows install.
Thanks a lot for your input brother!
Sorry I have one more question if you would be able to help out. If I install Ubuntu then just the way you have said next time I start my computer will it just load the GRUB menu and I can boot whichever OS from there?
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TTG_FU_Microsft wroteTTG_FU_Microsft wrote13 wrote Boot in to your BIOS and choose to boot from the USB. You don't have to change boot priority or anything, there will be a tab somewhere that says something like "boot device" or "boot menu", just select your USB there and it should go in to the installation. It shouldn't be hard to find. It might be easier if youre using EZ mode in the BIOS as opposed to advanced.
1) it's perfectly safe, ignoring user error. As long as you have installed both operating systems properly, you will be fine.
2) Once the OS is installed, you can remove the USB. Same as a Windows install.
Thanks a lot for your input brother!
Sorry I have one more question if you would be able to help out. If I install Ubuntu then just the way you have said next time I start my computer will it just load the GRUB menu and I can boot whichever OS from there?
You can change it from GRUB to the Windows boot manager, but yes in GRUB you should be fine to boot Windows or Ubuntu.
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