![]() ![]() It is the application that will allow you to create a bootable USB drive with the latest or your preferred Linux distributions on it. What if there was an easier way of doing this? You want to try them out, but you need to have a bootable CD/DVD drive every time you install one. If you are a Linux user, you know how to install new distributions for Linux. If you enjoy learning new things, you’ll enjoy this tip… I hope.UNetbootin is a software application that allows users to create bootable USB drives that will enable them to install their preferred Linux distributions effortlessly. Note the familiar icons – Firefox, Thunderbird & Chrome. If you don’t choose anything, your computer will automatically boot into Windows after 30 seconds.Ībove you can see Linux Ubuntu running on a 7-year-old Dell Windows 7 Laptop. At the “Choose an operating system screen”, if you want to use Windows choose Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 10. When you’re done running Ubuntu, just restart your computer. Once Linux Ubuntu has installed – you’ll be running it instead of Windows for as long as you want. Then you’ll see the “Try” or “Install” options there. Use the up-down arrow keys to select UNetbootin and press Enter. When your PC restarts you’ll see a dual boot screen like this: Don’t walk away while your computer is restarting. See Step 2 above… just click the button with three dots to browse.Īfter you’ve completed step 1 and step 2, click “OK”. Next browse to the location the Linux Ubuntu ISO file you downloaded. Choose the Windows download from the download page. It’s a portable app – it does not install, so just click to run it.įrom the UNetbootin drop-down menu under Type: select Hard Disk. ![]() Go make a cup of coffee.Īfter the ISO has downloaded, the next step is to download UNetbootin (free) from here. It’s a pretty large download so it will take a bit to download. I downloaded the Ubuntu ISO onto a 4GB USB flash drive and then used a program called Unetbootin to make setting up a dual-boot Windows 7 / Linux Ubuntu laptop really easy.įirst things first: Download Linux Ubuntu ISO from here Ubuntu takes less computer power to run than Windows 7 -although the prettier it gets the more resources it uses.Īccording to Ubuntu, your computer needs to meet the following criteria: To make a long story short – I decided that maybe this old laptop could run Linux Ubuntu – with which I have a passing familiarity. I didn’t really feel like fooling around with a Factory Reset. But the thing was sluggish and I don’t have a Windows 7 installation DVD anymore – I have no idea where it went □ so I couldn’t reinstall Windows. I ran CHKDSK /F and finally got the laptop to boot into normal Windows 7. ![]() It was not bootable which made things a challenge.Īfter fooling around with it for an hour I finally got it to boot into Safe Mode. I brought it in the house and it sat there for a week until a few days ago I decided to see what I could do with it. You’d have to see my garage to understand □Īnyway, I was looking for something in the garage the other day and I unearthed that old laptop. It’s been sitting in my garage for 3 years. I ended up putting it in a cardboard box and sticking it in a corner of my garage. ![]() They asked if I wanted it and I said sure - but I really had no use for it. Someone gave me a seven-year-old Windows 7 laptop that was not working. This tip is for those who consider themselves intermediate to advanced computer users. This tip works on Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 10. Create a Dual Boot Windows / Linux Ubuntu Computer the Easy Way ![]()
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