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    Format and Reinstall Windows 10 and Ubuntu dual boot

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by asafsarid, May 27, 2016.

  1. asafsarid

    asafsarid Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi,

    I have a Dell XPS 13 9343 that came with windows 8.1 and I've upgraded to windows 10.
    I would like to format it and to do a clean install to windows 10 and after that to create a dual boot with ubuntu.
    I don't want to recover anything, just format everything.

    My question is:
    1. What is the best way of doing it? Is there any preparation needed before formatting (except backup)? If someone can point me to a relevant detailed guide it will be great.

    2. Do i need to care that I want to install ubuntu as dual boot when I format and install windows? Or just to install it after windows is already installed?

    Thanks.
     
    asafsarid, May 27, 2016
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  2. hanime

    hanime Notebook Evangelist

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    Good time to ask this question because I was doing something similar a week ago. On my XPS (in signature), I had Windows 10 x64 already installed, so I simply installed Ubuntu alongside it. Now, you have the option to install Ubuntu/Windows on two separate drives if you wanted to, or you can just install in one drive (I actually did both, and went with the one drive one later).

    1. I don't know the best way to dual boot, but this was what I did--I followed this guide: http://www.tecmint.com/install-ubuntu-16-04-alongside-with-windows-10-or-8-in-dual-boot/

    2. I simply do the Install Ubuntu alongside Windows Boot Manager. IMPORTANT: Make sure that installing Ubuntu is on the correct drive and partition. They can get confusing with sda1, sda2, etc.
     
    hanime, Jun 1, 2016
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