How To Install Linux Mint And Keep Windows: Dual Boot Tutorial

[@AverageLinuxUser]

very nice presentation. easy to follow for new users. I will recommend it.

[@shater1164]

He gave a break but he's doing great like you.

[@AverageLinuxUser]

Yeah, I am looking forward to watching his new videos.

[@fymlinux]

+Average Linux User thank you! I recommend your videos quite a bit too. Dig seeing your stuff on G+. Cheers! :)

[@mohs7234]

​@@fymlinux Enjoyed the presentation. Question. Will this method allow me to use that USB boot stick (created in Window 10) on a Windows 7 system?

[@Matthigast]

1:40 Step 1 - Downloading mint 7:20 Step 2 - Downloading Rufus 8:45 Step 3 - Create bootable USB 13:00 Step 4 - Boot from USB 15:18 Step 5 - Installing

[@CarinoGamingStudio]

linux mint is easy to install than windows. especiallywhen your in a hurry

[@lukazdrilic2659]

When installing it does not find my windows os, what should I do

[@PasanJayaweeraYashoda]

Thanks

[@whynamanganon6741]

IM GLAD IT'S NOT AN INDIAN TALKER . GOOD JOB . WELL EXPLAINED presentation. EASY TO FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS

[@mshayashi]

I feel really good when it's an understandable and clear English.

[@rod7903]

@Morpheus x Most of indians are not even muslim, why are you dragging islam into this?

[@Sanchezprod]

Yee cuz they put the title in English and start talking their language like wtf 🙄🙄

[@ing78able]

Neild it

[@ing78able]

My God yes.

[@rfif-vg8kw]

I am an old goat and this was the best video for installing mint I have seen. Spoke slowly and clearly well done

[@fymlinux]

Very glad to hear it -- thanks for the comment! Enjoy Linux Mint, and feel free to message this channel with any questions or video requests. Cheers. :)

[@RyanMatta]

Well done my friend. I spent 7hrs today trying to get a usb to boot to linux mint. And the previous video was way off compared to yours! Thank you so much

[@fymlinux]

Appreciate the comment, and very glad to hear you found this video helpful. Enjoy Linux Mint! :)

[@nejib2573]

Its rare to find amazing tutorials like that for beginners

[@fymlinux]

Very glad to hear it. Linux is easier than many people realize, but there is still a learning curve. Once a few key concepts are down, installing and using Linux is a breeze. Enjoy Linux Mint! :)

[@billcosner2322]

Windows 10, 8.1, and 8 all have fast startup and will leave your system hung with an already mounted disk if you dual boot. It doesn't matter what the second operating system is. I'm surprised no one has got back on here and commented that this locked up their pc. You can delay this by turning off Fast Startup, but Windows will turn it back on. You will lock your system. Otherwise this is a very good, clear easy to follow video.

[@fymlinux]

Appreciate the heads-up for other viewers, every tip helps!

[@alistaj267]

Ive seen an option in my asus bios utility to disable it. But im afraid if it will affect my device negatively. Is there any way around that?

[@pburch08]

So what are you supposed to do? Is my only option to install linux and lose windows?

[@eyreisheyes]

This just happened to me. My next computer will not use Microsoft at all. I am DONE with them!

[@username.2042]

@@eyreisheyes uh. Pretty sure that wouldn't be a good idea A switch to mac or chromebook would be too expensive As making a hackintosh or tricking chrome os onto booting on ur pc is illegal.. If you are a gamer linux wont have some popular games .-.

[@GR-ly1cu]

Danke, dass Sie dies Video auf Internet hoch geladen haben. Dies Video bei mir war sehr hilfreich. Ich wollte Ubuntu neben Windows 10 installieren, aber viel Video waren nicht gut. Danke.

[@MGR1900]

This could possibly be the best video of all time on KZbin.

[@fymlinux]

Thanks for the comment, glad you found it helpful!

[@darrelllash6536]

best dual boot instructions that I have seen so far. every presentation is not for every one. Find what works for You.

[@fymlinux]

Completely agree, this is a good, general, user-friendly solution to get the best of both worlds, but this won't be the best solution for everyone. For those who are comfortable with using the PC BIOS and opening up their physical computer, I would ideally recommend purchase of a new hard drive, install the secondary hard drive into your machine, and install Linux directly onto that machine without affecting the Windows 10 drive.

[@pucheco69]

The very best tutorial for beginners, most other tutorials goes too fast and not details because they know how to use it and they flight by it. 👌

[@charliemedia5111]

61 people have no clue about Linux MINT which in this great video you cannot Fail as it's 10 time's better since Windows -10 have forced there Upgrades to make any Laptop to a severe crawl, Mint is always a better option by a clear mile with either an ISO or USB to run both which now im on Linux Mint due to Microsoft's Madness & just work's very well 100%. Thank You Very Much For This Pristine Way To Use An Operating System And For Me Due To Having A Brand New Lenovo This Is One Great - Way To Use A System That's Double Reliable I Put In Last Year & Just Love It .....Cheers For Such A Clear and Consise Video That Is Much Better For All User's ...10/10 ...CHEERS

[@WilLSOwNs]

This is the first video I’ve found anywhere that shows you a step by step install of an operating system. I’ve used Linux before with windows and for me to install it as as a noose back then, years ago, was hit and miss to have a dual boot system but I got it working. I’ve been out of using windows and Linux for several years now and just bought a new laptop with windows 10 on it, but want Linux on it since I like more privacy and a better system. This makes it easy for beginners of Linux to get started. Great job man and keep up the good work. Thank for the refresher.

[@fymlinux]

Thanks for the kind words. Greatly appreciate it! :)

[@RobinhoodarrowsRHA]

This may help someone out... I tried going through this 3 times but my system refused to recognize the USB drive as a bootable device. I have no idea why but after swapping to a different USB drive it worked straight away. Happy days! Ive been a Linux user for around 17years (mostly Puppy Linux Distros) and a Mint user for around 8 years. Thanks for posting the video FYM :)

[@LuckyLuke3331]

Very good tutorial for windows users ! Slow and details with all windows alert stupid popups and program installation process. For the GNU/Linux users the 3 first steps (about 12 mins of videos) can be explained in 1 min : -1- Go to the Linux Mint website, go to the download page and copy the url of your prefered mirror. -2- Use the command "wget" to the download the file (wget mint-mirror.gwendallebihan.net/isos/stable/18.2/linuxmint-18.2-cinnamon-64bit.iso) -3- Get your flash drive device name with the command "sudo fdisk -l" -4- Write the iso image into the flash drive : sudo dd if=linuxmint-18.2-cinnamon-64bit.iso of=/dev/sdb bs=5M status=progress;sync" -5- Have fun and welcome in a free word

[@binoyagoswami4212]

Beautifully explained without any jargon and presuming any background. Keep it up.

[@sayeedchowdhury]

A genuine thanks for your smooth and easy to follow tutorial. I will be loving Lynux Mint from what I have viewed so far.

[@themaximusone]

Nice opening on your video man i like it ;-)

[@dougbovard6641]

Fantastic presentation! Highly recommend this for anyone wanting to dual boot their PC with Linux and Windows.

[@juniorlewis9173]

You did a great job. These are the kind of instructions I love and therefore appreciate. Thanks much and you just earned yourself a new subscriber.

[@fymlinux]

Thanks for the comment. Glad you found it helpful! :)

[@sandresstudios]

Hands down the best presentation I've seen on dual booting Linux Mint and Windows. Thanks.

[@teddvidler6830]

Local computer shop gave me the answer that worked. Manually set up install started with partition HD and install to partition creating partitions when prompted to. Working fine for me. Good luck..

[@danielgartin6993]

I just used a DVD to create the installation media,and I installed Linux Mint without losing Windows or my files

[@footballmagicians6802]

Did you use the same steps or?

[@MuktiSubedi]

An example of how the instructional videos should be made, Thanks FREE Your Mind!

[@MrTimjwilson]

Good job. Thanks for the slow pace. The only suggestions are, lose that distracting background music and it appeared that you had perfect zoom on the Rufus form when it was drifting across the screen but then pulled back to a difficult to view size.

[@hangie_dao]

This tutorial is THE BEST TUTORIAL I've ever seen in my entire life 😍 Thank you so much!

[@michaelprocopis1796]

This is the most understandable ive seen for this subject thanks.

[@julskechap]

wow i followed this video step by step. im an absolute newbie and i was able to finish installing linux on my laptop. wow

[@EconomiaUFF-vc1cf]

Thank you so much for bringing some light, it will definitely make it possible for me, a layperson, to go about installing my first Linux distribution on my PC!

[@theVoid524]

The best demo I have found. Finishing up the installation now and I'm excited to get started with mint!!

[@fymlinux]

Glad to hear you found it helpful. Enjoy Linux Mint!

[@bumpjammy]

If the download in "Deluge" is taking 1:30:00+ then attempt downloading it straight from your browser (scroll down and select your region). I don't know why but for some people, especially those using chrome, it is faster to download it this way.

[@kamerad4212]

Best tutorial on this subject. Well done ol' boy.

[@Dan_druft]

Really easy to follow instructions, Iv just installed the latest version, Linux Mint 19.1 Tessa. Works a treat thanks.

[@fdwhk9437]

One of the best tutorials, for real!!

[@cliffordpirnat5798]

just super presentation, very clear. voice is perfect for giving instructions.

[@blessedisaacolupot]

Your presentation is just on point... you are so clear. Thank you Guru Tech

[@MGR1900]

Ok! Chuck Norris himself trembles in front of the greatness of the guy who made this informative video! Thank you!

[@fymlinux]

A little insider secret: I used to work for Chuck Norris. Absolutely no joke. :) I edited videos with him in his office for a number of years.

[@warrrengale2743]

This is a great video on how to dual boot Windows and Linux alongside each other, and I would like to pass along MY experience as a novice to doing this. Just passing along my experience with dual booting Linux and Windows, If you want to switch from Windows to Linux ---- or---- from Linux back to Windows, for one reason or another, DO NOT use the restart, Do a complete shut down of your computer, reason...... once the operating system you are using takes charge of sound, and or video, That system will NOT release those particular items if you use restart, it will continue to control those particular items, and the system will NOT release those applications unlesss you completely shut down, in other words if you are using windows and switch to Linux using the restart sequence, Windows WILL NOT always release those applications, and you may or may not have sound in Linux, or visa versa, as either windows or linux still has control over them, so when switching from one to another save yourself a headache and shut down and start up again. On another note, I am not sure how the grub (which stands for Grand Universal Bootloader) is installed, or whether or not the grub is installed on the windows partition or not, as windows will seek out a better performing bootloader and either disable or eliminate the windows loader. This happened to me on an old Windows 7 machine that I ran Windows and Linux on the same hard drive as described in this video, if for some reason you decide that you no longer want Linux in your computer and you decide to somehow remove it, BEWARE, you may or may not be able to boot windows, as when you remove Linux, you will also remove the grub, and if windows had decided to eliminate its own loader and use the linux bootloader ( which is a far better bootloader) you will not be able to boot windows, so if you decide you no longer want to use Linux,, just leave it alone, and let it stay where it is.

[@chris7os77]

What if i want to keep linux and remove windows 10?

[@GUZGUNAKOS]

A fantastic and very clear tutorial makes the installation very easy.

[@fymlinux]

Glad to hear you found it helpful! Appreciate the comment. :)

[@brayana6415]

Man this video is awesome the download was so fast, and the steps so easy thank you so much.

[@pedrocosta9173]

the best channel ever. very nice presentation. easy to understand

[@lberthelon]

Was looking for something like this and now have found it, great presentation, easy to fellow will be doing this soon, windows has been a nightmare with its update lately, wanted a back up and this is it.

[@parvbhardwaj1997]

Hello guys I am facing an issue. I am currently on the Linux mint OS which I have booted through a USB Flash drive on a Dell Laptop. The installation process a bit different form the video. There is no option while installing linux as shown at 16:55. Please help.

[@krepa4029]

Nice vid!. I have two questions. 1st:When the installation finishes do I remove the USB? 2nd:Can someone play videogames on linux mint?

[@richardfoster8818]

Great video so easy to understand. I just need to know if I can use this tutorial to install Linux Mint 22 which is the latest distro

[@xangelcrusadexgaming6807]

really detailed tutorial..hat off..salute!

[@elsa1803]

you're good , please keep up, easy to follow

[@KutWrite]

Nicely produced, narrated and presented. Thanks!

[@ravimanju7294]

Super class instructions!!! Get rid of errors

[@janlavallee4418]

I just installed Linux, so far so good :-)

[@Stevesteacher]

I'm happily using Linux now, I can confirm that this works :)

[@johnnygallardo76]

F8 is THEE most common key to tap to get to boot options ;)

[@av28379]

F2

[@ochirapaul4007]

very wonderful ....i can not wait ti install two OS now.............................

[@-zatoichi-]

very well produced video, excellent narration, excellent step by step guide, thank you, I now have a dual boot machine!

[@lnewlf4643]

Thank you very much. I am finding for a long period for how to download Linux mint But you told me the right way. Thanks

[@ericmutabazi2008]

what a helpful video i was asking myself how i can download and install linux mint but this video really solved my problem much appreciations

[@notenvyy5944]

Very clear and easy to follow thank you

[@rectifierYT]

Thanks for making a convenient and useful video on linux! Hope your effort become successful :)

[@josephstalin2647]

Ahhhh This is what i wanted to see, I have Chrome os and i LOVE MINT

[@fymlinux]

Mint is fantastic. :)

[@josephstalin2647]

@@fymlinux yes it is, with Chrome os is better

[@jacques3051]

Excellente démonstration... Calme, efficace, même pour moi qui parle français 👍👍👍

[@billholton9673]

Very patient and easy to follow. Used it on Windows 10 HP laptop to install Mint 18.3....everything works, but I am left with an issue: 1) during the install from USB, followed suggestion to use Third Party software, which brought up box to disable UEFI to allow that. Required establishing a password to disable, and said it would use same password later during install (I guess to re-enable?). Never saw that dialogue or anything like it again. So now I have this cryptic password with seemingly no use, and I'm not really sure what the status of my security is. Just a user, who doesn't understand UEFI or Third Party conflicts, but I understand password protection and am unsure what's been done here, nor why the dialogue never reappeared...or if it matters. Maybe it's just some arcane trivial difference between 18.2 and 18.3 since tutorial was made....??

[@Kaayaata11]

Great work out there, it was so helpful!

[@fymlinux]

Very glad you found it helpful! Enjoy Mint. :)

[@ryanbarrera2595]

I will try this deluge-torrent for my next iso file download...thanks buddy.

[@anthonyedwards8403]

My dual boot works flawlessly thanks to your thorough presentation, excellent Dude I am off to enjoying my new install of cinnamon 19.2.

[@fymlinux]

I'm very happy to hear it -- thanks for the comment! Enjoy Linux Mint. :) It's a fantastic OS and will serve you well.

[@aldrinseanpereira140]

I can't thank you enough for this amazing video. THANK YOU!!!

[@fymlinux]

Thank you very much. Happy to help! :)

[@deadyanothaikiropool1chait713]

Now I can run linux on every pc! :D

[@MickeysTechSpot]

Great tutorial helped me out in a bind with with windows 10

[@fymlinux]

Thanks so much -- really glad it helped you out of a bind. Enjoy Linux Mint! Working on a tutorial series on how to use Mint as well. Part 1 is finished, the rest are to follow: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fJ66aqlsbZylh8k

[@thomazz1976]

Thank you. Very clear and easy to understand, follow.

[@zenithred9731]

Best tutorial ever so far. Thanks 👍

[@bryanalonsogalaviz5175]

Can i remove the hard drive I booted after the linux instalation is complete without losing the os?

[@ericgraham7026]

Although I haven’t tried to follow through yet I found this video the most complete and well presented one on Linux to date! Thank you. As my old computer doesn’t seem to be able to boot from a USB I have installed some software on a CD that makes this possible (again, not yet tried). I suppose there is no way to modify the BIOS to enable a boot from USB that you know of?

[@tonyweston3219]

Good presentation, instructions well explained, nice one!

[@thomasc390]

Thank you! Excellent explanation, delivered very clearly.

[@_Michal_Michal_]

Overall great video thank you very much

[@jrm3488]

Thanks a lot! Great info!

[@aramhamat]

very good and clear work and easy to understand thanks alot

[@fymlinux]

+Adnan Blwat thanks so much, appreciate it! Cheers.

[@LE0SAVINI]

Hi... everything good but in the installation type it didn't show the option Install Linux Mint alongside Windows if you can help would be nice. Thanks

[@tenzin8131]

Ammazing,downloaded and dual booted easily and correctly,thank u!!!

[@fymlinux]

Very glad to hear it! Let me know if you have any questions on how to use Linux Mint. :) Cheers.

[@mdharmaraj13]

Hey man......You have my like 👍👍👍

[@dr-zara]

thank you so so much. I could fix my prob through this video...

[@property007]

Great info. For dual boot, how to access the c: drive (internal) and d: drive (external hard disc), as well as folders and files created under windows 10 ?

[@rolodg]

nice patient video, good work!

[@fymlinux]

Thanks, appreciate the comment!

[@Alex_Vir]

Might be of note if you redo the video when using the compadability test version and trying to install linux mint from there, Windows isn't detected (at least it was that way for me), and the keyboard selection is the second or third point now and not the last. Thank you for making the video, as something less than a beginner the explaination for the boot menu on the linux mint website was a bit lacking and threw me of as I then had no idea how to life start and all that. Thank you very much.

[@hamidghaithan9667]

Very nice video. Thanks a lot.

[@mdragan1284]

Very well explained. Thank you very much I just installed now.

[@tbartley42]

Thank you so much! This was sooooo helpful.

[@elysetiawan]

very easy to follow step by step

[@princemitul9543]

i dont find the Install linix mint alongside windows10 option

[@radwankhatib563]

Same

[@yoshiiyosh]

yea weird

[@divyanshjoshi6667]

thnks man u got me 2 os + a gr8 presantation

[@InfinityOranda]

Thanks for your guidance. I installed linux mint side by window as u mentioned. I want ti to ask u that i now made bootable usb of linux can i install linux on any other pc directly with this bootable USB. Or i have to go step by step as before??

[@fymlinux]

Appreciate the compliment, and glad it helped! If you want to use the Mint live USB that you created to install Mint on another machine, you can simply start from Step 4: insert the USB in the PC you want to install Mint on, then press the appropriate keyboard key to enter your PC's boot manager, then choose your USB drive to boot to Linux Mint. You should be good to go. :)

[@gunrose1532]

Please detailed what specs pc of your or what best specs for mint to really work with no issue.

[@tales25]

great tutorial, I'm just not sure why you kept referring to gigabytes as "poop-abytes".

[@justsuna1364]

Great tutorial! Very convenient but the thing is, mine doesn't show the generic flash disk you are referring to. Is there anything important you missed on discussing?

[@christiewelty173]

thanks your video is very easy to understand and very helpful thanks again.

[@preetbhele7924]

Really clear GREAT JOB

[@fymlinux]

Thanks for the comment! Glad you found it helpful. :)

[@Mr_Mohammedkh96]

thank you so much man, this was amazing ♥

[@fymlinux]

+Rihan Oldum very glad it helped, and appreciate the compliment. :)

[@shumailarasan8195]

very nice the way u explained.

[@Sims3TVBSS]

Instructions unclear, got head stuck in toaster. JK, works great thx man

[@wellard7445]

Great Video Thanks. I have a problem tho. I have followed all of your instruction right up to booting linux from the flash drive. However, when I click on the link to install linux nothing happens, infact all the icons on the home page are inactive even tho my mouse worsk. Can you throw any light on what might be the cause please?

[@trippel-l1314]

Okay, I haven't tried it out yet. And... like every Program and File and all, will just be in the Explorer?