(LEGACY/BIOS) How to Dual Boot Pop!_OS 20.04 LTS and Windows 10

[@nalinipathak1035]

In the middle of the installation, the screen went black for 15 seconds and I had a minor heart attack. But then it showed up and everything worked perfectly! Thanks for sharing this it was really helpful. Cheers!!

[@marshallpieri3737]

Graphics drivers were installing

[@simearsov]

For those that have a GPT disk (Basically any modern Windows 10 PC has them) and have the "Erase and Install" option grayed out: - Partition 1 GB from the installer and set it as fat32 - Partition the rest you want to be your Linux work space - Select the 1GB fat32 partition: Tick "User Partition" and "Format" and select Boot(/boot/efi) - Select the rest as Root / and format it and also "Use partition" - I also recommend making a swap partition. Do your own research as to how much you need to allocate. But, for 8GBs of RAM, 16 should be enough.

[@TheFirestriker101]

Thank you

[@simearsov]

@inkworker101 Well, you can split them, right?

[@Rileyjamesc]

thanks a million

[@alternativemedicine7758]

@fellseed I get the same error. Still no clue after 2 days.

[@andrettax6052]

This comment from Sime is definitely good advice, BUT you actually need only 2/5 of your RAM as swap minimum for hibernation and not 2x like he said, that is a common misconception people have because they think they need more than 1x. But I would recommend going for the 1x of your RAM so you have enough not only for hibernation and to be safe not going for the bare minimum. So for 8GB RAM, it would be 8GB swap, but you could run 4GB if you want to save drive space, let's say your SSD is only 120GB. Do 1x or 1/2x. I recommend 1x though.

[@JJayradd]

Some people are commenting about the update grub not working. "The update-grub command is simply a stub for running ‘grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg’ to generate grub2 config file." Run this instead - sudo grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg Like this if it helps so others can see it.

[@BinoyJS]

Thanks

[@atharvparlikar8765]

tysm bro

[@shonebinu5583]

Thanks

[@deringthomas5363]

Did not work for me

[@sexybrunchset8881]

Did not work on mine

[@factfullyindian8178]

Newbie here. Was rattled about not being able to boot into windows. Saw your video and was able to dual boot. Thanks for the video..... saved my day.

[@Stage4000]

I love how you actually installed Pop the exact same way I already had done so was able to skip to the last section and be on my way, thanks for knowing what you're doing because as far as I can tell everyone else goes autistic when installing Pop.

[@ImtokyotheDog]

Damn, that was a good walkthrough. I've been in IT for almost 10 years, and this is by far one of the best.

[@athoye]

Congrats on unlocking the Neckbeard Linuxee achievement

[@iojavis]

Thanks a lot bro, especially the last part on the bootloader, thought I had lost my PC...

[@TechHut]

No problem! If you ever want to delete the Pop_OS partition it will cause a error in the bootloader. I'll be posting that fix on the article soon. Thanks for watching!

[@random_user2024]

​@@TechHut can you send the link for that

[@ThePharaohsCat]

Good basic overview. Wld be good to stress that Windows partition goes first in order. To dual boot Windows with Linux, you need the following four partitions (five partitions if you keep a recovery partition): Windows, Root, Home, and Swap. EFI FAT32 Grub 300mb/512mb WINDOWS NTFS 30gb min Linux ROOT EXT4 Following not vital: SWAP EXT4 (Better for older PCs) FREE EXFAT/FAT32 On a UEFI based computer, you must have an EFI system partition that is 512 MB in size. This is where you install the GRUB bootloader when prompted by the Linux installation.

[@mitos1997]

Thanks this is what I was looking for once again but couldn't find it this time well too late now :-/

[@marvelousmarcus759]

I have installed Pop OS before on another computer but this time I’m using my think pad! So it was cool how you demonstrated on your thinkpad as well! This should work perfectly! I should have it installed soon!

[@theairacobra]

what a coincidence, im trying to put it on a thinkpad l13 yoga pro pd: whoops dont have a usb lol

[@prabeshguragain4463]

That os-prober thingy was very helpful. I didn't know there was something like that. On one of my laptop I couldn't get linux to recognize windows os and couldnt boot to windows. That helped a lot. Thank you for thtutorial.

[@muslimcontractor6051]

I had almost lost hope to get into Windows 10 OS after installing Pop_OS. You made my day. Thanks brother.

[@ajimbong1623]

The best tutorial I've ever followed without having an Error. Thanks for the tuto🙏

[@chorba]

This video allowed me to dual boot my main desktop with Pop Os and Windows ☺️

[@yummyjackalmeat]

Thanks, for the refresher. I tried going 100% linux for a few months, but I just need some things to work without tinkering and scouring outdated forums, so I'm going back to dual booting.

[@harryiii3361]

You have a very calming voice. Thanks for the help

[@dakkon74]

When I try to grub update, it asks for my password, but not let me physically type it. And then if I try a second time. it says "command not found"

[@dr.lazarus912]

Followed this tutorial exactly but erase and install remains grayed out. Update: I created a one gb boot partition and a six gb swap, problem solved. Install went smoothly and I'm using pop now.

[@neerajvaikkath3257]

OMG thank u so much i was really scared after i didnt get the windows dual boot option,u deserve a sub

[@Ryan-ok2xr]

Awesome, great video for beginners or intermediate. Went through details but you were still to the point. Thank you

[@wintrywind]

Holy shit, expected pop os installation to be easier than other advanced distro but calamares is so much better.

[@Sir-R2D2]

This video was very useful, thanks for this Brandon, you're the man!!!

[@eriveltondasilva6878]

Minha situação, instalei o pop os e depois não consegui voltar para o meu windows, procurei muito pela internet e esse foi o único tutorial que funcionou, thank you my friend, you save me🙏🏻

[@krinkovmagazine]

Dude, you are the guy who I desperately needed for hours. Thank you.

[@adrianus13]

Hey TechHut, another update might be needed for Pop 21 and up. For most, the Erase and Install option is greyed out because they need to create a boot, and optionally a swap partition.

[@goobisoft4873]

Thanks for video I installed pop os after that lost access to windows 10 and finally I can use windows again

[@lukeshaddick7486]

general rule of thumb while distro hopping: If it is an amd64 use Etcher If it doesn't have amd64 use Rufus

[@ralsei7170]

@JoneeAL lmao me too

[@Jensen871]

I did the partition but the button is still greyed out for me... What do I do?

[@maroonedmind]

I dual booted for a long time until I discovered the magic of virtual machines. If you need Windows just for Microsoft Office or to do light tasks, I recommend VMware over dual booting.

[@mparagames]

the issue is when it comes to gaming. Wine is awesome, however there is stuff like xbox game pass...

[@congo367]

Thanks for posting this, Pop!_OS uses system-d now. Worked out as each os has its own boot sequence, just have to go to boot order if I want to change.

[@shredded-shredder]

Why do I have to create a boot partition other than a root one? I have your same linux installer. If I had to only create a root partition I would have finished already but the boot one gives me an error "EFI partition is not a GPT disk". Any idea?

[@strikye7]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/npPddIagocd8pLs

[@sIippo]

@@strikye7 very useful thank you

[@sampriceii2448]

Need to do a guid with "UEFI". This may work with a "Legacy" installed system, but grub is not installed by Pop! on UEFI systems.

[@TechHut]

Agreed. I'll start this project soon. Thanks for checking this out.

[@GerardKean]

That's my problem. Under UEFI pop os uses systemd and I only have experience of grub

[@DaveSuarez]

My dad and I are thrilled waiting for this, thank you TechHut!

[@jkt836]

@@GerardKean I just finished installing and for systemd simply copy the efi Microsoft folder to the appropriate boot folder on pop os. It automatically shows up on the systemd list. Oh and add a timeout to actually see the systemd screen

[@baxterr02]

@@jkt836 could you walk me through it buddy. I'm new to linux

[@oOWaschBaerOo]

for some reason this tutorial is not working at all , as soon as i finished setting up that one partition and you say click out of the box and then erase and install, that button is greyed out and it tells me i NEED boot/efi/ partition ( windows 10 is already installed working and looks exactly like yours in the partition scheme )

[@chillsoft]

Yep, same here

[@athoye]

What solution did you try?

[@athoye]

You could try making a 512mb FAT32/EXT4 partition and see what option than comes up (while installation of course)

[@thimodehaan5773]

you need to make 2 partitions one for POPos itself and one for the boot at least 500mib dont forget to select boot when selecting the partition

[@landinobin4835]

I'm confused a little, you didn't create any efi partition and your already existing windows partition also did not have an efi partition.

[@NikOutchcunis]

This really helped me after a few botched attempts... thank you!

[@tebogomphela4050]

What did I do wrong since I did not get window at 10:33 for set up process?

[@jamescranefinecarpentry7146]

Thank you for explaining the boot loader so well. My Linux journey is only about a year old but I have switched over almost exclusively to Mint. Sadly Kdenlive has issues with the Quadro 5800 in the HP Z600. I was hoping PoP OS’ Nvidia driver might help. Sadly I can’t get Pop to see any other resolution than 640x480 so this isn’t going to be a solution any time soon. But it did mess up my grub and you helped me fix that. Thank you.

[@CanaldoMiauOfficial]

Finally, I hear before install pop-os about os-prober but I have forgotten the name. now I finally found it thank you, it worked.

[@thalyssonleite1479]

Thank you so much for your effort in helping me, it worthed, I am going to watch the another video about those 5 thing i wanna do after installing pop_os. Greetings from Brasil!

[@hmarquesluiz]

Sudo update-grub: command not found, what i do?

[@Thwy]

Same

[@MrBleadd]

I have the same problem, I am searching for a solution. If I find one I will post it here

[@MrBleadd]

I just used the bootmanager of my laptop. I have an hp, if you also have a hp just press f9 when restarting. Then you are in the bootmanager and you are able to choose which os. This is how I did it, but this means I will format this partition to remove pop os and install it on a seperate drive.

[@MrBleadd]

Here is a video I found, that helped me get rid of grub. In the video he shows it with ubuntu, but did the same with grub. now I have pop os and windows running and I switch os in the bootmanager. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hXSmg3mugLpqqJY

[@hmarquesluiz]

Me too, turn on the pc by pressing f12 (lenovo bootmanager)

[@RezhwScene]

Great guide! Thanks a lot. If I wanted to get rid of the windows entirely at a later time, could I just delete/format the windows partitions from the Pop OS itself?

[@sharmisthadubey4066]

no

[@kazekduzy1920]

Hi. I have windows 10 on my computer. I have problem after pop os installation. When I restart computer there is no grub screen and I don't have option to run Windows. Could someone advise ?

[@Puzzlers100]

Had trouble with this, for some reason grub just refused to work. Switched to rEFInd and now It allows me to switch (+ I get a graphical interface)

[@dweblinveltz5035]

Thanks! I was having similar trouble. Refind got it up and running quick.

[@AFAndreLeviLuthier]

update-grub command not found....

[@pmrmatos]

does it work if the 2 os's are in diferent drives?

[@smahire299]

This method is not working for me. I have installed windows and Pop os on the same SSD. But boot options are not being shown. Also, when I tried to execute the update-grub after following this tutorial, it shows that the command does not exist. If anyone can help me with this issue, then it will be beneficial.

[@alfioalexmessina7490]

This guide is not valid for EFI based systems. For the latter, the creation of a /boot/efi partition is mandatory (you don't create it during the installation) otherwise the installation can't go on. After the installation, the system will automatically boot into POP OS. To enable GRUB (which is not installed by default on POP OS) you have to install it by terminal and go through a brief configuration. I followed a guide on KZbin by KSK Royal. After it, the classic GRUB window is shown at the system boot, allowing the selection of Pop OS or Windows 10.

[@mharding1258]

Thankyou friend! This was exactly what I was looking for.

[@janryll5676]

Nice and short working explanation. Thanks!

[@ilbulga]

Hallo ! In my pc with win 10 ..to install Pop, i create a boot partition EFI for boot another for root. But i can't create another One for Linux swap. 😐 I don't know the PC tell me It Is impossible to create another primary partition the 4th. It starts anyway to install Pop. the day after , After an update .. i had lot of problems... I had to format At all. I lost all my file :-(

[@Hree]

This was most concise and easy to follow guide i found. I wonder though if this holds up today?

[@johnkdunyo]

bro, how do i set up boot(/boot/efi) partition? I need it to be able to install the pop os.

[@sampriceii2448]

When you install Pop!, make sure you mark the EFI that Windows creates as "/boot/efi". You will need to download and manually add grub once you complete the install. Grub is not installed by Pop! when installing on a UEFI system.

[@binku09]

I came here after installing Arch alongside Windows 8.1 on my 10 year old machine (it is my primary machine) and I don't like how the Windows bootloader appears before grub because I installed windows after Arch. Now when I do try to boot into arch, I have to go through the windows "metro" bootloader which loads windows completely before even asking you which os you wanna boot into which is fast and convenient if I do want Windows but very slow if I wanted to boot into Arch since it has to reboot to unload the windows files it just loaded and then boot into grub and then load Arch.

[@jonathanjamesmoore3607]

Still works as of today - thanks matey.

[@tuchardas7736]

Thanks Man u saved my day. And the search of perfect Iinux os is over

[@darkman8939]

Hello and thanks for the video, can someone explain to me why in some videos i see people creating a partition root / and another one for home, but in this video he used the available space as / and install pop os on it. and thanks.

[@rayyanshaikh5591]

Thank you so much man. I was stuck on the bootloader part, it wouldn't show up windows. Thank you for helping me out.

[@chaoticpenguin1498]

I can't get os prober to find windows either

[@JJayradd]

@@chaoticpenguin1498 sudo grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg Just did a quick google and the way it explains it is that sometimes that shortcut to update grub is not on every linux repo

[@watermelongaming8658]

i did exactly what you said but when it came time to erase and install (9:12) it didn't give me that option it was just greyed out even though everything was done correctly please help

[@alejasalcedo1870]

Hi, I followed the tutorial but when Pop OS starts, the configuration screen never appears and now I’m stuck with the wallpaper of pop os only and my laptop doesn’t let me do anything. What can I do? Edit: I tried to reboot my laptop but now the installation stops before the pop os screen appears. 😢

[@doctors_strange]

check out 9:13 , see erase and install button is disabled while dual booting installation, please suggest

[@Cicatka.Michal]

I have a UEFI instead of BIOS and this way of installation failed for me. I had to also define boot and swap partition (I also defined home partition but that was probably not necessary). Also be sure to select "UEFI pop os etc." when booting from the flash drive.

[@fernandodelatorrea9046]

Gracias por tu buen VIDEO. Desde Colombia. Bogota. Saludos.

[@lucascorreadias3334]

Why does the Pop_OS partition "changes" its size in 07:49 ? The "unused" partition has 104.9GB and the "unallocated" has 97.66BG...

[@cassyrea3726]

thank u for this! i hope you also installed Pop! on that juul i saw on ur desk

[@daniyalzahir5245]

Thank you so much sir this video helped me a lot and all of the things went well, keep up with the good work, thanks again😊

[@senthilkumarpalanisamy7802]

Well i wanted to dual boot win 10 and Linux and found out that po os is one of the best so thx

[@ashutoshyadav1964]

all went smooth upto creating partition on popOS installer but after selecting that partition and enabling format and use partition button the ERASE and INSTALL button isn't clickable:( Someone help me pls BIOS is UEFI

[@opensh0t]

make a boot partition

Thanks a lot!!!! Hugs from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

[@WhySoSerious1S]

Thank you man for this tutorial but I have an issue that my laptop has 2 hard drives, 1TB HDD and 256GB SSD and windows 10 is installed in C partition on the SSD, I cant shrink the C partition, and Pop isn't reading the C partition it only reads the two partitions of the HDD, when I tried to shrink the C via external software, Pop also didn't read the unallocated free space from the C partition. I hope you solve my problem and thank you again.

[@enricosalamon8294]

Most probably your C partition is formatted in NTFS which linux systems cannot use. The unallocated space of the C partition can be formatted in fat32 or exfat to be used by PopOS. Hopefully this helps you

[@skullnoober]

have you found a way to shrink the c partition? im stuck here, it shows me that i have 47 mb free for shrinking

[@skullnoober]

@xn6nko i have endeavour os currently installed, pop os didnt work, so i moved to manjaro then to endeavour, i forgot what my problem was

[@khushalsoni7899]

Sudo update-grub giving command not found error

[@jonsax6]

same here... Any fix for this? SUPER annoying that I have to boot into bios anytime I want to boot up into windows

[@joaoaafn]

update-grub is actually a little shortcut for the command grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg. So try sudo grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

[@billmeade8092]

I am in the middle of installation where I have picked the partition, set it to format, use as Root(/), and Filesystem: Default (ext4). I click out of the box as directed and the the partition has a check mark in it. The Erase and Install is still greyed out and I can't go any further. Did I miss something?

[@michaeljaques77]

Thank you for os-prober and update-grub; it was simple and worked like a charm. I just wish Pop!_OS had grub setup built in during install, but its a minor inconvenience I guess.

[@adamooliveira4314]

OMG!!! You a fantastic person, you help me a lot!!! I haven't sufficient thx to u, really thx again!

[@ilbulga]

/dev/sda2@/efi/Microsoft/Boot/bootmgfw.efi:Windows Boot Manager:Windows:efi it appears to me .... how resolve it .. I can't see windows anymore ... so sad..

[@ilbulga]

I find this video that resolved my big problem !!TITLE :" How to Dual Boot POP OS 20.04 LTS and Windows 10 [ 2021]

[@michaelnguyen8121]

Thanks for the great tutorial. This is what I'm looking for after running trouble during installation when my C drive was recognized.

[@SuperDoggykong]

Question: I did everything according to this video, but when it comes to "erase and install" the option is greyed out. Help

[@MrCauphy]

Ok. My process did go as planned. After updating the grub. It told me that os-prober wouldnt allow it to updat grub?

[@imperiumcommentingnetwork4677]

You taught me something i didn't know before, thanks. I'll have to write that stuff down :)

[@user-fj3oe3lc1h]

Doing this on 22.04 in 2024 it appears when installing you have to create a 1gb or 1,000 mb boot loader using /boot and fat32. The rest of the unallocated space can be used as /root and ext4.

[@jaydiazsantana]

Thanks for the os-prober tip!

[@ivofred88]

thanks from Brazil man.

[@videosforketan]

Thank you so much. This works perfectly fine. The steps explained saved me from panic. :) This is awesome information. Though I'm wondering if these are only the set of commands, why POPOS doesn't take care of it within the installation.

[@Pieteros21]

Funny thing is i already Has dual boot W11 and pop 21.04 before watching this wideo and never thought about aby trouble ... Just installed grub and grub customizer and was working perfectly fine even after updated from 20.10 to 21.04 ... Hope they integrate dual boot in installer ...

[@vakicherlacharan1687]

Erase and Install option is not showing

[@subhro3044]

At the partition stage even when I followed ur instructions the erase and install option is greyed out Pls help

[@desurbe2201]

Hi, Can you give me a configuration for 2 disks with dual Boot? I loose the GRUB when restarting the laptop, and starts with Pop linux . I have a Lenovo Thinkpad W 530, one msata disk with 1 Tb and another sata of 500 gb. Regards from Chile

[@vittoriopodesta3549]

I made all you say, but at the time to start the installation, the "erase and install" button is not clickable...where am I wrong?

[@vittoriopodesta3549]

​@PUPA you have to create a EFI and a boot partition before...Here the solution: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fGfSZ4mkathjepo

[@kanthimathimagesh6411]

Brother its says can't create more than 4 partition what should I do now?

[@polespinasa7577]

sudo update-grub sudo: update-grub not found Any solution?? I have UEFI system

[@JJayradd]

sudo grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg Just did a quick google and the way it explains it is that sometimes that shortcut to update grub is not on every linux repo

[@polespinasa7577]

@@JJayradd ty, I solved it :D

[@lalitchilka98]

Does this process work for UEFI?

[@polespinasa7577]

@@lalitchilka98 yes

[@Ghostly-dr4ny]

I am having an issue where when running the command: sudo upgrade-grub it says command not found

[@crazzyflynn2433]

Try installing it then

[@URIXMX]

Thank you, i ve seen a few of your videos, already sub, keep making more it vid

[@TechHut]

Thanks! Much more to come.

[@rezataba6204]

os-prober didn't work with my system. I guess because I made a separate boot partition while installing Pop OS and selected that one as the boot partition.

[@akhilmalasar6085]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️.. your videos are great...thanku so much .. Keep uploading👍

[@zaprodk]

I got stuck on "erase and install". The button is greyed out :/

[@namanbarkiya4237]

same here

[@zaprodk]

@@namanbarkiya4237 i Solved it by partitioning the disk manually. I needs two partitions to install.

[@lostgaming2900]

I don't know y but for me it is lagging to much like i cant even write the programme plz help

[@pmknmash]

I'm currently installing pop!_os onto my second hard drive, so not necessarily a dual boot, but this video helped regardless. Question: Do I need that software at the end in order to swap between operating systems, or is that only possible if both windows and pop are on the same hard drive? Thanks.

[@swindlesmccoop]

most likely only needed if you are installing both on the same drive

[@alaaessam5545]

Please help me with that! When I'm trying to create the new ext4 partition and press apply, It keeps prompting " Libparted Warning. Not all of the space available to /dev/nvme0n1 appears to be used, you can fix the GPT to use all of the space (an extra 4544 blocks) or continue with the current settings?". Then when I choose "Ignore", it keeps prompting many times. And then finally it says " An error occurred while applying the operations" ! I have HP Spectre x360 15t 2020!

[@abhisekdutta]

It was really useful. Thanks #TechHut.

[@sugarskulllyfe5890]

Great video!!! Will be dual booting my gaming laptop tomorrow

[@mukund4926]

was it a success? im planning on dual booting as well

[@sugarskulllyfe5890]

@@mukund4926 def not as straight forward and easy as you think. I just use Linux VM instead.... I did do it but ran into problems later on

[@wadelodge33]

I followed these steps for Win 11 and Pop OS but i still wasn't presented with the option to boot into Windows on start up. Is there something else that needs to be done?