How to Dual Boot Windows 11 & Linux Mint: Step by Step Guide

[@wuschelT4]

I gave up dual booting from the same hard drive after some Windows Updates messed up my setup twice. If you really _have_ to dual boot, consider having each OS on a seperate physical hard drive and use the UEFI boot menu to choose which OS you'd like to use. Much safer. I think you should have mentioned this possible snare. Anyways, I came to the conclusion that I can do everything I need to do in Linux and if I would really need one application that requires Windows, I prefer to run it in a VM. But in the recent two years there's no Windows application left that I need, so my Windows VMs are only collecting virtual dust... Mind you, I don't talk about gaming! I'm talking about getting work done.

[@julioperez3936]

You meed to change grub2 to boot to the last used os. You put the parameter in the grub2 config file. So when you do a os update the rebooting will be to the os your updating. That avoid the corruption

[@kevinsteinman8967]

I tried that using WinCrap in a VM but when I really needed both the graphics card and accelerators to work together it's was pretty much impossible a few years ago in linux but now with LookingGlass moving along, it might be possible to dump Wincrap altogether. So I'm still using bios boot select for when I need WinCrap for certain jobs.

[@PropaneWP]

I use separate drives for my installs and Windows still stopped working from grub. It's fine, though. I use Windows so rarely, it doesn't bother me to just boot it from bios.

[@peterh1875]

Tried building a dual boot Mint/Win11 on my wife's laptop. Got into a live session once, fine. But: ONCE. When I tried to install Mint, Win11 did [something], and I am not entirely sure what -- the USB stick simply would no longer boot. Disabled secure boot etc, but no chop. I used _the_same_ usb stick to install Mint on a (different) Win10 system and it's running just fine now. Nothing wrong with the flash drive. I handed that little HP machine with Win 11 back to my wife, since that's what she is using anyway. Great if it works for you, but beware Win 11, I think.

[@wuschelT4]

@@peterh1875 Maybe HP does some ugly tricks in their BIOS, don't know. I once had a HP Elitebook that would not let me install Linux without previously installing Windows.

[@justadam3186]

You have no idea how much I appreciate the straight to the point intro and approach, my friend. Thank you!

[@fredjarvis9968]

Great video, as always. I would just like to point out to everyone that when selecting how much space to give to Windows vs linux, you will be able to access your windows files from within Mint but when booted into Windows you can not access your files from the Mint partition(at least not without special software to mount the ext4 partition.)

[@dontmindbeingblindd]

What sofftware is there to view the partition. I sometimes use Windows, and this would be a nice feature to have around.

[@fredjarvis9968]

@@dontmindbeingblindd I have used a program called EXT2FSD. It allows you to assign a drive letter to the ext4 partition. I haven't used it in a long time so not sure if anything has changed over the years. Might be safer to log into linux and copy what you need to the windows partition.

[@PS_Tube]

Dual boot is good to have when you have a separate partition to keep data from both windows and Linux formatted to NTFS.

[@ChrisSmith-rm6xl]

@@PS_Tube Would that also work with a data partition formatted to ReFS? I use Windows for Workstations, which suppports ReFS, and I used that for my data drive.

[@ecarpentry]

After I choose boot into Linux mint I get a USB platform failed error when booting into Linux it does load and loads windows as well. Just gives me this error... 🤔

[@sheldonkupa9120]

Btw, i read your ubuntu server book recently: really well done! Particularly the samba part👏👏 was inspiring.

[@sheldonkupa9120]

Nice video again👍👏 About EFI partitions and bootmanager: Not exactly the subject of today, but i cannot heartly enough recommend REFIND: sudo apt install refind. Its an efi bootmanager with a nice interface and lets you boot into usb and firmware. It also finds bootable linux kernels on the root partition in case your grub doesnt work anymore. Very handy, use it since years! For regular fresh installs on same harddisk as windows i recommend to give linux a second large (at least 2 - 3 Gb) EFI partition at the end of the disk. Some distros like Pop OS require that.

[@DxMrtx]

That's a nice guide but should also show people how to remove linux again, fix the windows boot loader and add partition space back. That's the more complicated part some will struggle. That's why it's always better to do this on separate drives or just use virtual machines.

[@B1ASJ3ST3R]

That would be helpful information for sure. It would also be nice to know how to safely remove Windows if a user decides they no longer need it and want to use Linux full time. I recently set up a Windows 10 and Fedora dual boot.

[@tonywise198]

I'd strongly agree. If you don't know how boot loaders work, you are just asking for trouble. MSFT has been known to issue an up date that borks Linux. It HAS happened, guys.

[@ChrisSmith-rm6xl]

I would like to see a followup video, or maybe two, showing how to go from dual boot to 100% linux or 100% windows without restting all my settings and files..

[@zebop917]

That depends a bit on what hardware you have. In my case an M.2 SATA SSD and a larger HDD. If you want both OSes to benefit from being on the faster drive then dual-boot is a good option. And in either a twin-disk or dual-boot setup, Linux has the advantage of being able to mount your Windows disk or partition so that all of your data is accessible.

[@Giggles_iJest]

​@@B1ASJ3ST3R m'lady

[@sambalolek]

Take the Windows hard drive out, place a new one in. Install Linux. Place the Win hard drive in. Now you can choose in the Bios menue with system to boot. No danger of destroying one of the two systems.

[@spectacularangular637]

That is if you have 2 hard drive to work with :)

[@slizgi86]

Do you plan to make similar tutorial, but with advanced install option, when you create all Linux partition manually alongside and not destroying W11?

[@OlettaLiano]

New subscriber. Thanks for this video. It was very helpful.

[@bobanderson1727]

Great Video, Jay. Thanks!

[@micdev42]

Really clear explanation. I'm about to try this now with Mint on its own HD. I'll let you know how it goes!

[@chrisumeran]

how did it go?

[@maxz69]

You liar. Didn't say how it went.

[@micdev42]

@@maxz69 blimey. You need to get out more. I was just messing around so did it and forgot about it. Moved on.

[@maxz69]

@@micdev42 I'm purposefully overexaggerating pal. It was just a joke.

[@myhometvaccount9365]

thanks jay... though found hard part is afterwards :) .... 1) how to change default grub choice to windows 2) how to repair system when windows repair/upgrade messed everything up

[@tonywise198]

For reference 1) edit /etc/default/grub and then /update-grub 2) Dont'dual boot - MSFT does NOT love Linux !!

[@michaelalfieri5378]

First I want to thank you for making this video. It had nearly everything I needed to make my all in one machine a dual boot. I had suffered a hard drive failure so I had a clean install of windows on a 2TB drive so I figured it was time to give dual boot a try. When running Mint in live mode I noted my hard drive was encrypted. Clean install of windows had automatically enabled bit locker so re booting to windows requires your key. I think it would be wise to include the steps to disable bitlocker in Windows before running Linux install to prevent needing to unlock the windows drive. I unlocked mine before I installed Mint so I am not sure if you can install and use dual boot on a locked drive. FYI

[@cameronbosch1213]

Be careful; if you have a computer from late 2022 or later, you'll need to use the Edge ISO as computers newer than that may not boot Linux Mint because of the super old kernel on the non Edge ISO. Great video though!

[@esphilee]

I dual boot Linux Mint in a 2023 computer without issue. New computer will still boot into standard Linux Mint, but some may have issue with the newer hardware like bluetooth wifi or speaker. If you have issue with standard Mint, then you can try the Edge Mint.

[@cameronbosch1213]

@@esphilee It depends on how new the CPU and/or GPU is. If it is very new, it may not even make it past the bootloader screen. And the Edge ISO is Cinnamon only; there are no MATE or Xfce options.

[@esphilee]

@@cameronbosch1213 from my experience, they all boot up. Some with issue. Probably some may not boot, but I have not experience that. The last computer I bought was end of last year, I had my Linux installed with the standard edition. EDGE is something new.

[@cameronbosch1213]

@esphilee Unfortunately, the extremely old 5.15 kernel in Linux Mint is very out of date, even more so than the 6.1 kernel in Debian, which is actually a huge update because of the Rust support among many other improvements. I saw an issue where some 2021 AMD Ryzen 5000 laptops wouldn't boot a kernel from late 2020 (Ubuntu 20.10) and another where the keyboard was basically unusable (any key press on the keyboard would cause the laptop to ask to go to sleep). Especially given that Linux first hardware isn't very competitive at the moment, especially outside of the EU, having these "beginner-focused" distros ship ancient kernels certain isn't going to help bug reports...

[@esphilee]

@@cameronbosch1213 , to be fair, it is logical that some new notebooks would have issue. Perhaps I was lucky, the worst experience I had was wifi and internal speaker not working. Maybe it comes down to compromising between stability and bleeding *edge* . I personally ask my new friends to test the standard Cinnamon first in Live Mode. If it works, install it. If it doesn’t, try the Edge version. I am sure that is the reason why sometimes we get advice to install Linux in older PC if anyone wants to try out or Learn Linux.

[@alifnaufal]

I fucking love Linux, man. It breathes new life into so many second-hand ThinkPads, and they work flawlessly out of the box thanks to ThinkPad's solid Linux support. For example, the 6th-gen X1 Carbon can handle Windows 10 or 11 24H2 just fine since it meets all the Windows 11 system requirements, but the outdated UHD 620 struggles a bit with Windows 11’s Mica effects and animations. Linux Mint, though, is a breath of fresh air-it’s snappy as hell, runs cooler, gives way better battery life, and boosts productivity. That said, dual booting is still my go-to since Windows still works great on these machines. Thanks a lot for the tutorial, man!

[@WillsJazzLoft]

I understand that when the UEFI is accessed that in addition to changing the boot order it's also advisable to disable Secure Boot

[@montes71able]

Thank you 👍. Works, now I just need to learn Linux. Perfect tutorial. I've liked and subscribed.

[@Radioposting]

Great T-Shirt! Great video.

[@charlotteherbst4014]

This was so soothing ty

[@paulntx]

That was a great refresh. It's been a while since I did this. Installing dual boot Mint with sorry-ass Windoze 11 pro on my NucBox G5.

[@MrMalchore]

I'm curious if Mint will survive the first time you have to do one of the more involved feature updates from Windows 11. That was an issue a few years ago with dual-boot systems.

[@Anonymous779]

Do you know a way to avoid that? That's one of my main fears when trying to dual boot

[@dudethis]

​@@Anonymous779 just dont update

[@MaddieB.-vi3nc]

​@@dudethis thats kinda hard to do when windows decies to screw you over and update itself when it gets the chance without your consent :')

[@dudethis]

@@MaddieB.-vi3nc the best you can do without installing apps to do it for you is to just pause updates for a few months and keep pushing it back every now and then

[@glizzymcguire4849]

Perfect step by step.

[@georgesomaru8973]

What do you do if there is no "Install Linux Mint Alongside Windows Boot Manager" option given during the installation?

[@HadesTimer]

No mention of secure boot? Does Linux Mint allow this? Do any other distros?

[@Harzach-Hardcastle7685]

Yes, but if errors come up during the installation, I'd recommend turning it off. It also works with Fedora, but I'm not sure about other distros.

[@jdvdhooft8732]

i had to turn it off on hp laptop.

[@kevinsteinman8967]

Linux Mint does allow secure boot but I highly suggest against using secure boot with it as it can be temperamental at times along side with WinCrap on the same drive. Put Mint on another drive or install Mint first then WinCrap.

[@julioperez3936]

To avoid issues with the update, you need to change grub2 to boot to the last saved os used. I did it never have a problem

[@rhalloff]

Well, because of you I'm triple booting now. 2 drives, three OS's. Windows 11 Pro, MX 23.3 KDE, and Kubuntu 23.10. Tried Mint. Not for me. I may install it for my mom though because it's that easy! By the way, I did wreck grub by deleting the Mint Partition instead of installing over it. Yeah, stupid, but I learned a lot and all 3 OS's work great! Thanks for the great video. Looking forward to more.

[@limevacuum]

Afaik since windows normally treats hw clock value as local time, unlike linux, which assumes hw clock returns UTC, you possibly should tweak one of the OS to change it default behavior.

[@kevinsteinman8967]

It's better to tweak the Linux side of the house for the hw clock. WinCrap messes with the Hw Clock and can really screw up.

[@robertmaxa6631]

Which boot manager is the computer using, GRUB, or Windows boot manager? I've watched a few videos on this subject, and they say that GRUB is prone to corruption, so dual booting with two separate drives, is more reliable. That being said, I guess that can't be done on a laptop.

[@motoryzen]

People say that all the time about windows boot loader as well Either boot letter could be corrupte. none is more secure than the other What you should be focused on is insuring that whatever Linux distribution you install is installed into a separate. S s d versus what windows already lives in and while the windows drive is completely disconnected. This way, grub. I want gets installed into the s h d in which that distribution will live in instead of the same drive that the windows boot loader lives in. Separate lives equal Happier lives

[@zakesduma3639]

Thanks Jay! That was simple and straight forward. Do I have to follow the same steps if I want to dual boot Linux and other Linux distro? e.g Mint and Garuda. If the answer is no, in future, can you be so kind and make a video that shows how to dual boot different Linux distros.

[@juanroldan4379]

Thanks Jay! It looks like a straight forward process. Another post here mentions using the Edge ISO for Mint in newer computers. That may prevent some headaches.

[@inapickle-uq9fj]

Trying to dual boot with win 11 and install Mint on a different ssd, but not installer not finding it and only option is to partition the ssd with windows on it. Can’t find any info on how to do it anywhere? Is it so hard to do all Linux KZbinrs stay away from it? 😄

[@KL0504]

Good video ! By the way, could you do a video showing how to install Windows 11 from a Linux and dual boot them after the installation ? Thanks.

[@Aarav-iu8pi]

love introduction music😍😍😍😍

[@Codemister2009]

I do not have the option of installing Linux Mint alongside Windows Boot Manager

[@gunjanpandya94]

I'm facing the same issue, hope someone helps!

[@Trialwolf]

Is it possible to setup a dual boot for two Operating systems installed on separate hard drives? I have a system like this but never got the option to setup a boot manager so I always have to go into the Boot menu to select which OS I want to boot.

[@pfitz4881]

I actually want to do exactly what you have done. I'd prefer using the Boot menu.. keeping both instances totally independent of each other. I recently purchased a Dell XPS15 9530 that has a second m.2 slot. I want to install Mint DE6 on the second m.2 and use the BIOS Boot Menu (F12 on Dell) to select the boot OS. Maybe Jay will considering doing such a video.

[@metanevis]

last week i tried to triple boot(windows, debian, arch) on 3 seprate ssds and fail after a short time. i dont know why those conflict with each other and disapear from boot menu. there are shady things on this topic which i dont know.

[@marksulloway5669]

@@pfitz4881Install Windows first, then Mint - both should then show up in Mint boot screen.

[@EstebanFonsecaAR]

If you use the same EFI partition you can install any OS on a separate drive, and then using Linux GRUB populate your menu to choose what you want to boot. Keep in mind Windows will install its EFI loader on the first available partition, so make sure there is only one, or GRUB might not find it.

[@EstebanFonsecaAR]

@@metanevis Make sure you only have one EFI partition.

[@KALClFER]

That tshirt bro very nice🔥

[@IliyaYaroshevskiy1]

How did you bypass having to change secure boot on and off in bios?

[@bumberto_eko1068]

at 6:51 you say that option will wipe the drive soo you pick the other one but later on you say at 8:40 it will wipe the drive

[@squidyspace6043]

Worked for me

[@johns7278]

is there any issue if using bitlocker? especially when partitioning the drive. should we disable it first?

[@mysterynad]

Bitlocker is a big issue with dual booting. Disable it before installing to avoid a headache, but even if you restart it after install it will demand the recovery key every time you try to chainload the Windows Boot Manager through Grub. The only way I've found to get around this is to directly boot Windows through the UEFI boot menu. Don't try to boot it through Grub.

[@Charlie8913]

I use virt-manager to boot Windows as a VM inside linux. And i can even dual-boot the exact same Windows installation. Windows just needs it's own physical disk that you pass to virt-manager where you then install Windows with virtio drivers for best performance. Then it should be possible to also boot it native. And in virt-manager add a vTPM module that just forwards to the physical TPM.

[@Deimos_Fresh]

Personally I had some problems with dual booting from same HDD. So I currently use three separate HDDs for my dual boot. Windows on sda, Ubuntu LTS on sdb, same install order and third HDD as a shared storage between both systems. One thing to note is in Ubuntu installation you can choose where to install GRUB, but with my setup it's better to not change it, which by default is going to be installed on sda. I don't use secure boot or encryption. At least with secure boot I had problems running Ubuntu. System time keeps conflicting between both systems, which is fixable. One thing that remain problematic for me is reinstallation. Reinstalling Ubuntu is no problem, as it will rewrite GRUB. But if you reinstall Windows, you can no longer load Ubuntu. I guess there is ways to reinstall GRUB, but I couldn't do it.

[@motoryzen]

Indeed I always tell new Linux users... Install whatever distribution you want into a separate s. Yes. D. A k not the one that windows already lives in Otherwise, you're begging for a rabbit hole level of plethora of problems. To deal with Not to mention it makes backing up and restoring either operating system world that much more complicated to deal with.

[@666Maeglin]

Interesting video .! but personally I rather have an extra PC for each OS.

[@kevinsteinman8967]

Hrmn my method of a dual boot is I have Wincrap and Gentoo on separate drives but no boot loader. I use the quick bios drive select key for when I need wincrap same as he is selecting the Linux mint usb drive in the beginning of this video. Quick word of advice is WinCrap and Linux on the same drive it's best to have Linux installed first then Wincrap. If Wincrap is first it has great potential to really screw up the EFI boot partition with WinCrap updates. To stop that...protect your uefi/bios with a password.

[@logicbug]

@Learn Linux TV - This is a great example of a simple dual boot , however, I'm currently using LM and want to keep my files/setup etc. How do I secure my current system and restore it once I have Win11 installed as per your video?

[@catupeloco]

You may look into app timeshift. Or you could make a partition on the end of the drive and install windows and then reinstall grub with a live iso

[@logicbug]

@@catupeloco Thank you, I have obtained a step by step guide from ChatGPT explaining those options using Timeshift.

[@NuclearRage-y5v]

think this could use some work, especially using Windows 11 as an example. No mention of secure boot or bit locker issues , no warnings of Windows update trashing grub , no mention of how to order grub choice so the no action default is the one you want . This guide would only work on older machines that didn't come installed with windows 11 by default.

[@pfitz4881]

I have the same concerns about Secure Boot and the possible risk of trashing grub.. Also Bitllocker. I have a Dell XPS15 9530 that has a second m.2 slot. I want to install Mint DE6 on the second m.2 and use the BIOS Boot Menu (F12 on Dell) to select the boot OS. Maybe Jay will considering doing such a video.

[@IKEARiot]

Also, even using the Live USB without installing can trigger Bitlocker recovery mode.

[@Viking8888]

I think a good follow up video to this video would be how to fix things when Microsoft/Windows 11 messes with the EFI partition from an update or whatever and blanks grub so Linux won't boot anymore. This happened to me recently. I haven't ever run into this issue, but I'm assuming I should just be able to boot from my Linux Mint USB open terminal and sudo grub-install? 🤷‍♂ EDIT: I saw a video where the person was using a dell laptop like I am and they went into the UEFI and added the boot option from EFI folder. I did the same and now Grub is default again.

[@normaliz3]

What do i do if i dont get the option Install Linux Mint alongside Windows Boot Manager?

[@XCheba]

Did you ever fix this I'm currently facing the problem right now

[@bluerose7777]

thanks

[@nortonis3565]

What a gret video, and like in 1 day after i was going to install Linux Mint with windows 11, the video worked great. I just gave Linux mint 150GB , i hope it is enough. Can i resize again later if i want more/less ? Edit: I am planning to run Mint as my daily driver, but i am not sure yet, so i am testing it out.

[@seanerer]

Your video is easy to understand... I tried Linux Mint, but the GUI is full of bugs... The most simple features didn't work and I was forced to reboot half a dozen times before I gave up.

[@dartsmad1000]

Is it possible to create linux mint on an external ssd from an old laptop, and keep windows as is etc?

[@user-sorleyboy]

Thanks for this video! I don't really want Win 11 at all, but I am thinking about dual booting until I get Mint setup the way I want. What is the the min SSD space (out of 512G) you would recommend for this?

[@ai4gk]

Thaks for the great videos in easy-to-understand language! I have Win 11 and Linux Mint dual boot on the same NVMe drive. I upgraded my 1 TB to a 2 TB and cloned the drive. However, I can't boot into Mint. I need to make Mint bootable. Do you have any ideas? I really don't want to reinstall Mint if I don't have to.

[@motoryzen]

3:20 If you find that following the precise instructions here doesn't get you a boogible. Lenox mint installation thumb drive in the end. You may need to first format that thumb drive to fat 32

[@spectacularangular637]

12:00 does it always go to the boot selection screen?

[@zauliuz]

I had problems with win + pop_os on two separate ssd drives. Lack of knowledge how to fix/set up bootloader :)

[@dingokidneys]

That's a lot cleaner dual boot set up than I'm used to. I've always had to do my own resizing and repartitioning which is why I've avoided it like the plague for a long time. I did recently set up dual boot between Windows and Pop!_OS and it was no where near as clean. I now have two UEFI partitions and have to select Windows from the BIOS. A bit of a pain and I'm sure that I could consolidate the UEFI partitions if I try hard and research lots, but I seldom want Windows anyway so ... meh.

[@brucearmstrong5536]

Hey you can improve this video by also adding uninstall steps for linux mint in a windows laptop

[@davidgustafson3651]

I would like to see how to add Linux Mint debian as well adding to this.

[@roseann1568]

Great video on how install Linuxmint alongside Windows. I've done everything in this video, but when I boot my computer it only boots to Linux and doesn't give me a boot option. Any suggestions on what the problem is and how to fix it?

[@miakoenig4152]

Great video. Do you have a video that shows what to do if you don't see the boot option for the USB? I'm told it's because I don't have a UEFI or legacy mode on this new computer. How would I just wipe the hard drive and install Linux?

[@nonamefh]

if you want to do this easily without any issues start by installing Ventoy.If you are on windows,press shift+restart,boot from the usb and stat linux without disable secure boot in BIOS

[@rdsii64]

Will this tutorial work for Debian 12 or Fedora 40?

[@aperson1181]

Adelie Linux vs Mint, how are these compared? Lxde vs xfce?

[@norfolkhiker1449]

Hello Please can you tell me how to do the reverse of what you did because I have a laptop that has Linux mint installed in and I want to install windows 10 or 11 too. Is your method the thing that I need to do, regards Russell

[@CalConrad]

Thank you! How do you set what the default is to boot to is?

[@aperson1181]

As I understand and read that many people are encountering problems when doing the dual boat from one hard drive especially Windows 11. August 2024 security update might impact Linux boot in dual-boot setup devices. How to remedy this?

[@PS_Tube]

timedatectl set-local-rtc 1 fixes the time issue

[@allaboutkalergi5012]

Unfortunately you can't do this on a recently refurbished HP office PC with HP Secure Start. You can press as many buttons as you want but you're not going to find a Bios Boot Selection Mode.

[@olmynuwen]

Anyone know how to get rid of Grub? I have dual drive so choose the os once in the BIOS and again in Grub which is annoying.

[@esphilee]

I know 2 ways to do it. 1) Get a new Hard disk. Remove the Window Hard disk before you install Linux in the new hard disk. Place the windows Hard disk back. Then use BIOS to set the default boot drive. You can enter the bios boot menu if you want to use the none default Os. But if you update the Kernel, sometimes the Grub may come back to life after the kernel update, And ruin your day. 2) you can meddle with the Grub configuration file, to hide the Grub manual, and also over-ride the waiting time to 0.0 so the Grub will boot into default OS immediately. Remember to set it to 0.0 not just 0 You can google it. I forgot the detail of the actual configuration file.

[@tonywise198]

@@esphilee /etc/default/grub

[@pageseven1792]

No mention of disabling Secure Boot or Bitlocker on the Windows installation ahead of installing Linux. :/

[@gurunaveenr1370]

Is that any space allotment required using shrink volume feature in windows for installing Linux mint or without allotment we can do?

[@JA_BRE]

GRUB is super ugly... I can't believe no one bother to make easily installable modern boot manager and its 2024... Yeah can be done with themes but thats not the point. Good job for vid, typical dual boot setup

[@NeftisIsHere]

the good old Linux has a lot of devs but not enough designers lmao

[@PropaneWP]

GRUB is badly designed more ways too. It's needlessly jank in general. For example, if you boot on a conflicting resolution, the menu becomes very laggy.

[@Rood67]

@@NeftisIsHerethis has been my major Linux complaint. There are probably thousands of developers making hundreds of distros, rather than coming together to make one great distro to put windows down like Ole Yeller. “I like Mint but I think the desktop should be this way and mounting a USB should be this way, and I want the network to setup like this…” So we get a Mint fork, and another, and another ubuntu and another Arch and another Fedora… it never stops. Then a plethora of videos stating this one is best or that one sux, and no one knows what or whom to believe. Linux is a giant cluster hump of a mess in a burning dumpster fire.

[@StarcoreLabs]

Thanks for another great video Jay. The production quailty is great! Yes, you were able to successfully create a dual boot between Windows 11 and Linux Mint. The question is will Windows 11 updates cause any problems or break the boot loader? That's the main downside of dual booting. In my opinion it would be better to run Windows 11 as a virtual machine using QEMU and Virt Manager.

[@Us-two]

Thank you for the great video. I'm sure you have been asked this before, can one install windows after linux in dual boot. I already have mint on my desktop as well as ubuntu. Or will I have to install win first? Also Zoom does not see my microphone on mint or ubuntu, is there a simple solution? I have had to use my win for Zoom meetings, and I'm really not a fan of 'MS'

[@horationelson57]

Greetings. Very quick question, please Only an intermediate pc user here. Dual-booting/ booting from USB, on my old laptop, which has more utility/ ease of operation/ stability/ and apps ? Chrome OS/ Chrome OS Flex, or Linux? Thank you very very much!( have been asking around for 2 weeks and no response from any channel.

[@jabbahutt3697]

Good video. In my case, I have a notebook with windows 10 as the only operating system, with 1x SSD for the OS (256 GB) and 1x 1TB HDD for data. I would like to install Mint in dual boot mode (I have 80GB reserved space on the SSD for root and swap) and I imagine that the home partition has to be installed on the HDD. Is it necessary in this case to format a space on the HDD for /home, and if so, can this space be accessed from Windows?

[@myaleem]

Thanks. Always very informative

[@kemaldzuzdanovic9191]

what should i do if i dont have the windows dual boot,and i have multiple partitions and 1hdd and 1ssd

[@lifefromscratch2818]

Do you have to start with Windows installed or can you install Linux first and add Windows later?

[@motoryzen]

It doesn't matter which one you install first as long as you are. Installing each type of operating system into a separate SSD and while installing one that the other. S s d is not connected whatsoever This is a much safer version of dual booting And you can still just as easily temporarily boot to the opposite SSD. If your PC are mother board is a modern enough with a simple f. Number hot key

[@Eric-xd2ye]

You can roll back the installation and keep only Linux?

[@LionRoars918]

You got lucky. My Linux Mint broke my Grub. I have to go to my machine bios and change the boot order to get into Windows now.

[@MarcMuylaert]

Not working on w11. It's either Linux that can start or Windows and in between changing settings in the bios like rst and security.

[@bobmcbride3550]

Not sure if i did something wrong, but i have installed windows 10 and pop os and i have the bios priority set to boot pop but the pc doesn't come up with a screen to boot to windows. they are on different dives if that matters

[@nielderfp]

Install the Windows and Linux on separate SSDs and use the BIOS to select the boot drive.

[@The-gamingY]

what should the size of the usb be? mine is 30 giga only!

[@bobw1111]

Here's a better idea than double booting that keep MS out of it! I recently bought this WI-6 Pro Mini PC, Intel 12th N100(3.4GHz) Mini Desktop Computer for $158. It works GREAT!. I actually set it up as dual boot for Windows and Mint, however after seeing the problem MS just caused, I had a better idea. Buy a mini pc (its 4 inches x 4 inches x 1 inch) and a monitor keyboard switch like the KVM switch on Amazon. There are multiple choices, but they run as low as $22. Then instead of dual booting, you just hit a button to switch between Windows and Linux.

[@phottomatt4202]

If i change partition to accommodate mint the partition with windows on it remains intact with no data loss, correct?

[@williamwood6459]

Will this work if I use an external ssd after the new windows update that seem to miss up alot of the duel boots? I was thinking of changing the boot order to the external drive first and windows 11 after that way if I unplug the drive it would boot straight into windows or so I hope.

[@xm6250]

What about if I have installed Linux instead of Win?

[@Jayteaseepiirturi]

Still on Windows 10 here. Something occurs to me and I wish I were well versed underneath the operating systems. A few years older video said that, Windows 11 requiring all kinds of security crap and the TPM thing would become an issue in the scenario where you wanted to dual boot with Windows 11. Is this still current or was it ever current?

[@kelemenkovacs7388]

When installing linux i don't have the install alongside windows option

[@borispernik9621]

Im so stupid, but please can you tell me how to dual boot from 2 different drives? I have main with windows and old drive with Fedora. How do I make the pop up menu at the start without changing permanently drive boot order?

[@Glitxhing]

does it work the same way with windows 10?

[@shaikikbhalBasha]

thanks

[@knightone57]

Doen't windows and linux use different time uses?

[@catupeloco]

Yes hw clock on windows is the time on tray. And hw clock for linux is utc and tray shows utc+/- time zone

[@voiceoftreason1760]

how to set it up so that I can boot the windows installation in a VM on linux, and vice versa?

[@brianhansen2202]

This is completely wrong. No one should have Linux and Windows on the same disk/harddrive, and let Grub boot Windows. If you can’t have 2 physical drives in the machine, don’t dual boot. I know it works, but it’s stupid to take the chance and loose both Windows and Linux, when Grub (or the ssd) fails in the future. The only way is to install Windows on drive 1, and then take it out and install Linux on drive 2, so that Grub doesn’t take over Windows boot

[@jonthebru]

This way is the duel boot prompt automatic at start up? Also I'm using a mini PC and adding a SSD, is it best to arrange a partition for Mint on the SSD. That way I could use the rest of the SSD for data, music and videos, for both the win11 and Linux Mint. Am I correct here?

[@MaddBadgerr]

I'm having an issue where none of my Internal SSDs are appearing in the drop-down menu at the 'select drive' part. The only option is an M.2 SATA SSD, but I'd much rather install Linux on an M.2 NVMe that I also have installed on my machine. None of my NVMEs are appearing in the drop-down. Is there some kind of compatibility issue with Linux Mint and NVMe's?

[@ChristvanWijck]

I get a ‘no such device’ error when trying to boot W11 from Grub. Booting from the bios boot menu works fine, however.