- #HOW TO DUAL BOOT WINDOWS 10 AND LINUX ON A MAC INSTALL#
- #HOW TO DUAL BOOT WINDOWS 10 AND LINUX ON A MAC FULL#
- #HOW TO DUAL BOOT WINDOWS 10 AND LINUX ON A MAC PORTABLE#
- #HOW TO DUAL BOOT WINDOWS 10 AND LINUX ON A MAC PC#
- #HOW TO DUAL BOOT WINDOWS 10 AND LINUX ON A MAC ISO#
Lastly a window will pop up notifying you that everything on the USB is about to be destroyed in order to write the ISO to the USB Drive so if you have anything crucial on this USB Stick you will want to back it up before proceeding, otherwise once again click ‘OK’ and let Rufus work its magic once it’s done, it’s time to boot into our LiveUSB.ĭepending on your BIOS/UEFI the hotkey to press to get to your boot menu will vary, it could be DEL, F1, F8, F12 etc, so when you reboot your machine keep a lookout for the text letting you know, and hit that button, then select your USB stick as the device to boot from, and you’ll reach the Linux Mint splash screen.Įither let the time run down, or select ‘Start Linux Mint’ to be taken to the LiveUSB Desktop. Once that is done, click Start! You may get a popup window next mentioning something about Syslinux versions and how Rufus will need to download two files the short version of this is that Rufus needs to download two small files to support this latest version of Linux Mint click yes to allow Rufus to download the files needed, and then another box will pop up asking which mode you wish to use to write the image file to the USB, leave the recommended option selected and click ‘OK’. Moving forward, besides selecting either MBR or GPT, the rest of the settings in Rufus should be left as default, and then it is time to select our Linux Mint ISO by clicking the small disc icon, and then picking the ISO file. My laptop uses the MBR style, and thus this tutorial will be focusing on that, however using GPT is really quite similar in regards to installing Linux Mint, and I will write up a detailed guide in the near future focusing on GPT for those of you who are using GPT partition tables. If you intend to use a drive over 2TB in size, or your windows system is currently setup to use GPT rather than MBR, then you will want to select “GPT†in the first drop down box How do I know if my system is using GPT or MBR?Ĭhecking if your system is currently set up as MBR or as GPT is a simple process in Windows simply visit your control panel, and select “Administrative Toolsâ€Īnd then continue to “Disk Management†where you will locate your Windows drive, and right click the grey box where the disk number is listed, and select ‘Properties’.įrom there, click the Volumes tab, and it will list the partition style! Open Rufus, and you’ll want to leave most options as their default, with the exception of one thing: Once you have both the ISO And Rufus, we will be using Rufus to make the LiveUSB.
#HOW TO DUAL BOOT WINDOWS 10 AND LINUX ON A MAC PORTABLE#
The first thing you are going to want to do is download our Linux Mint ISO by navigating to Ĭlick on ‘Download’, and then select your flavour of choice for this article I selected ‘Cinnamon’ and of course 64bit since my laptop supports it, as anything made in at least the past decade will as well.įrom here you will be given a list of download locations, as well as the option to download your ISO via Torrent, select the download of your hearts desire, and we will be on our way to the next step!Īnother piece of software you’re going to want is Rufus, a tool for making our ISO bootable off a USB stick, so head over to and grab the portable version of rufus.
#HOW TO DUAL BOOT WINDOWS 10 AND LINUX ON A MAC FULL#
You can use Veeam Endpoint Backup Free for that, or any other backup software that supports full backups.
#HOW TO DUAL BOOT WINDOWS 10 AND LINUX ON A MAC PC#
A backup ensures that you can restore the system if things go wrong during the process (power outage, data corruption, PC won't boot anymore, you name it). While the method outlined below works really well and should not cause any issues, it is better to be safe than sorry. Note EndĪttention: we recommend that you create a system backup before you proceed.
We will cover doing a tutorial like that in the future, as well as doing a multi-disk boot setup with separate Operating Systems on separate drives.
#HOW TO DUAL BOOT WINDOWS 10 AND LINUX ON A MAC INSTALL#
Reformat the entire system with Windows and then follow this tutorial, or you will need to make separate partitions using something like Gparted and then install Windows, followed by re-installing the GRUB bootloader as Windows will overwrite the boot sector with it’s own Master Boot Record, essentially trapping your GNU/Linux partition as invisible and unbootable until you re-install GRUB.