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1. #Best way to nuke windows 10 and install linux how to
2. #Best way to nuke windows 10 and install linux software
3. #Best way to nuke windows 10 and install linux password

To shrink the Windows partition to get free space for Linux, you need to select the largest partition, click on the Partition menu in GParted, and select resize.Īll white space is free space. Most likely it will have the EFI partition, and this means you need to install Linux in the EFI mode too. Your Windows hard drive will be partitioned similarly to the one you see above. Then open GParted and select the hard drive with your Windows installed:

#Best way to nuke windows 10 and install linux software

If it is not, install it from the Software Center. Most of the Linux distros have GParted included in a Live ISO. Shrink the Windows partition with GParted However, if you want to have little more control over how much space you allocate to Windows and Linux, you can get free space and assign it for Linux manually. It will automatically find free space on your hard drive and install Linux there. To install Linux alongside Windows, you can actually select such an option in the installation wizard: If your distro is not Ubuntu-based, you still need to do the same steps as you will see in this post but the installer may look slightly different. I will use Linux Mint installer as an example here, if you use Ubuntu or any Ubuntu-based distro, the process will not differ at all. Get free space for Linux Boot into Live Linux sessionīoot from the Live Linux USB. If you have done everything correctly, you should boot in your Live USB Linux system: In the end, go to the exit menu and exit BIOS with saving the changes:

#Best way to nuke windows 10 and install linux how to

I have already explained how to create a bootable USB from the command line or using graphical programs. I am not going to stop here on how to create a bootable USB drive. Next, you need to go to the Boot menu and disable Secure booting and move your bootable USB flash drive to the first place in the boot order:Ĭheck this description of the commands on the right or bottom of your BIOS interface, it explains how to navigate and change options in your BIOS. Disable Secure booting and change the Boot order It is also possible that you can proceed without setting a password. You should be able to find the same in your BIOS.

#Best way to nuke windows 10 and install linux password

This is the menu to set the password on my Acer Swift 1: Next, you may need to set a password in your BIOS because it won’t allow you to change any security settings without a password. Sometimes, you may also see it on the screen during the boot: Just google your computer model and bios key term, and you will find the key you need to press. Get into BIOSįirst, you need to get into BIOS, usually, you just need to press a specific key during the boot.

I will use the BIOS of my Acer Swift 1 laptop as an example here. BIOS interface may differ from one computer to another but the main settings are the same. Unfortunately, most of the computers have BIOS configured specifically for Windows, and likely you won’t be able to install Linux on it without changing some settings. SUBSCRIBE for more Linux Videos BIOS settings