I want to install Ubuntu 12.04.03 onto my HP laptop along side Windows ( Dual Boot ) Under the "God Mode" for Windows 8, I have a partition utility - 500GB Free on the system drive, what is recommended for Ubuntu?  Also, driver compatibility - AMD A8 - APU 1.9Ghz quad core, Radeon 7640G Video,  AMD High Def Audio, with IDT High Def Codec. Qualcomm Atheros WiFi Realtek PCIe FE Family Controller  Are there any know issues with any drivers or dual OS with Win 8.1?
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I'm absolutely new to Linux. I would like to know how to install Ubuntu alongside the pre-installed Windows 8+ OS.  Should I do it with Wubi, or through the Live USB/DVD?  What steps do I need to take to correctly install Ubuntu?
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I have dual boot configured with Windows 7 (32bit) and Ubuntu 12.04(64bit). I installed Ubuntu after windows, now my windows is corrupt due to some virus and I need to reinstall it. Currently when I start my PC, grub loader comes up and I need to select Ubuntu or Windows.   I was wondering how can I install windows again and still have my Ubuntu install? Is there a way to do this?  I do not want to install Ubuntu again and lose my settings and data there.   Thanks, Ketan
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I have a Windows 8 system and was about to install Ubuntu 14.04 in dual boot mode, when I heard about Windows 10 releasing. Now that the Windows 10 has rolled out, I would like to know whether doing the same steps as for Windows 8 would install it. I would wait until somebody else has tried it out and posted it on the internet, but I'm somewhat out of time to wait. Will it be risky trying it out so soon, or does anyone know about what would work?
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I would like to run Ubuntu on my new Thinkpad E470. Is Nvidia Optimus supported? It used to be that you would have to run the proprietary drivers with the dGPU enabled always instead of using the iGPU. Has the situation improved, especially regarding battery life? If possible I would just run with the iGPU as I don't plan to do any gaming. Would I just refrain from installing the proprietary driver to achieve this?
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I have a dell laptop with 4GB of ram and 500GB of storage.I just finished installing windows 8.1 32bit version, which utilizes 3GB of ram.  Can I install and run Ubuntu to utilize that unusable portion of Ram.Then how?  Thanks in advance
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I installed Ubuntu 14.04 onto my Acer Aspire E15. The PC has a 500 Gigabyte HDD.   During the installation it divided the HDD into separate partitions. However every time I turn on the PC it goes directly into Windows 8.1. It doesn't allow you the opportunity to select which OS you want to use.   Question 1: How do I set the PC so it will allow me to select the OS?  Question 2: And if #1 isn't possible. How to I remove Ubuntu from the PC and recover the partition for Windows
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I have a laptop, and I'm going to install Ubuntu (I have experience, and I have  successfully installed , Ubuntu, , , , , , etc.), but installing  (Utopic Unicorn) alongside , Ubuntu can't detect Windows.  It shows me like there's no OS, but I have Windows&nbsp;10.  I have two primary partitions by the way if I manually install. If the Ubuntu installer can't detect Windows&nbsp;10, will it be detected at ?
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Are there any drawbacks to installing Ubuntu 13.10 (and soon 14.04) in Legacy BIOS instead of UEFI?  I have installed 13.10 64bit in Legacy by mistake and was just wondering if it would hurt anything to simply leave it there as is?  EDIT  Everything seems to be running just fine in Legacy and all my drivers work.
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I'm trying to install a newer version on a nettop (Acer Aspire Revo) that is running an older version. I have an external DVD drive that appears to be booting up ok, but when I get to the "Install Ubuntu" page, the display just goes off! The DVD drive still wizzes around for a bit and then nothing!  Any ideas?
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I have a computer which is currently running Ubuntu 14.04. I would like to dual boot with Windows 8. I can not find any instructions for installing Windows after Ubuntu is already installed. I am only finding instructions for doing the opposite, Installing Ubuntu after Windows 8.
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It's a rather simple question (I hope). I currently have Windows 8 and I am dual booting it with Ubuntu 13.04.   If I were to install the latest update for Windows 8, that being 8.1, will it affect Ubuntu or will there be any conflicts between the two?
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I would like to know if it's possible to install Ubuntu on an exFAT hard drive, since Windows 8's drive admin utility only allow me to get NTFS and exFAT partitions.  Thanks in advance.
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I have a Asus ROG G551VW laptop and I'm trying to install Ubuntu 16.04 on my laptop, but when i try to load the installer, my laptop just freezes and its fan starts working for no reason. I have tried to install Ubuntu 14.04 on my laptop and the installation went smoothly. What should I do if I want to install Ubuntu 16.04 on my laptop?  Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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I'm using windows 7 right now. I want to install Ubuntu with dual boot. Is is safe? And does the process go safely?
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I am trying to install Ubuntu 19.04 (or any other Linux distro) on a new HW consisting of Ryzen 3900X CPU, Gigabyte Auros Master X570 motherboard and AMD Radeon Vega 64 GPU. On installation startup from a bootable USB drive, it shows "Ubuntu" with 5-6 dots underneath representing installation progress. However, it is perpetually stuck in that mode. When I press ESC, it shows dozens of lines of failure messages.  I searched internet for a clue as to what is causing this and to fix it with no avail. Some suggest Gigabyte motherboard is not fully compatible with Linux. I have tried the same with Manjaro but again similar failures. I have tried changing IOMMU to "enabled" but did not work either.  Can anyone help? Although I have used Ubuntu, my technical knowledge is very limited in attempting to resolve the issue.   If other ditro will work, I am willing to use it. But Ubuntu is my preference.
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Good day,  I just got an Asus Vivotab Smart with Windows 8 but the processor is actually a 32-bit type. I am kinda confused with the Ubuntu version to install (32-bit or 64-bit). I have read all the tips and guidelines on installing Ubuntu on a Windows 8 machine.  I have disabled fast boot, quiet boot, secure boot, and still cannot boot from the usb. I tried this with Ubuntu 12.04.2, 12.10, and 13.04 (the 64-bit versions only). I am yet to try a 32-bit version but I'm reluctant since Canonical says only the 64-bit version was developed to handle the Windows 8 UEFI issues.  Also, I have a boot-override field in my UEFI options which I think force-boots from the boot option one selects. I selected to force-boot from my pendrive containing Ubuntu, but the screen just blinks momentarily and nothing happens.  Please help me to figure out how to load ubuntu on my machine. I don't really want the Windows 8......just Ubuntu on my tablet.  Thank you.
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When I ordered this TP-Link AC1300 Wireless Dual Band PCI-Express Adapter (Archer T6E), I looked into customers reviews and they said it worked fine with no drivers on Ubuntu. I didn't have a CD/DVD player on my desktop so I (on a laptop with a DVD drive) copied and pasted the DVD support disk content on to a USB drive and used that. But when I tried to run autorun.exe it puts up archive manager and says An error occurred while loading the archive Ubuntu verison- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.  Output from: lspci -vnn  02:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller [10ec:8168] (rev 11) Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation Motherboard (one of many) [1849:8168] Kernel driver in use: r8169  Kernel modules: r8169   I am fairly new to Ubuntu (1 month) and have learned alot (sudo commands) and now know that windows is overpriced and that ubuntu is better in most fields.  Thanks for the help.