Dual-booting Ubuntu 12.04 with widnows 7 [ how to]


in this tutorial i will show you how to install Ubuntu with windows 7 side by side


its really easy
prerequisites :
1 :  windows 7 running system
2 : Ubuntu installer disk or usb
3 : 30-40 minutes

NOTE  : I do not issue any guarantee that this will work for you! use google for other troubleshooting , i demonstrated it under simulated virtual environment

firstly download Ubuntu ( release  : 12.04

burn it in cd or create usb drive
and reboot in Ubuntu installer


 1 :  click on 'install now '




2 : choose install side by side

select along with windows 7


3 : select size for your new installation
select partition size
select partition size
4 :  select continue


5 :  go like normal installation ' next next next


6 :  import windows 7 documents and home folder settings 
import files from windows 7 home

7 :  after finishing installation click restart and reboot into Ubuntu
choose ubuntu or windows 7
brand new ubuntu desktop
your brand new Ubuntu desktop

video tutorial :


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1 comment:

  1. Roberto O. Millán CintrónJune 10, 2012 at 5:03 AM

    On step 3. the drag left or right to allocate drive space to each partition... How do I know if the left side is Windows or the left side is Ubuntu?
    I want to allocate Ubuntu only 100GB, and the rest of my 500GB to Windows, and its bootloader and other partitions...How do I know which way to drag the thing???

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