#Download ubuntu 16.04 to usb windows 10#

Now select the partition that has some free space left (for me, its C Drive), right click on it & select вЂњ Shrink VolumeвЂќ

This will open the Disk Management window as shown below To free-up space from HDD, press вЂWINDOWSвЂ™ key + вЂRвЂ™ & type вЂњ DISKMGMT.mscвЂњ. But if you donвЂ™t have any un-partitioned space on your HDD, then we need to free-up some space the HDD. If you already have some un-partitioned free space (around 20-50 GB), then you can skip this step & move to next step. Once we have these things ready we can now start the procedure to dual boot our system. You can download Ubuntu 16-04 from the following link & use RUFUS ( вЂњвЂќ) to create a bootable USB drive. A DVD with Ubuntu 16.04 image or a bootable USB drive.Windows 8 or 8.1 machines will also work with this tutorial,

#Download ubuntu 16.04 to usb windows 10#

A system (Laptop/Desktop) with Windows 10 pre-installed (UEFI).But letвЂ™s discuss the prerequisites first, LetвЂ™s start the procedure to create a dual boot system with Windows 10 & Ubuntu 16.04 installed. In this tutorial, we are going to DUAL-Boot a Windows laptop/desktop with Ubuntu 16.04 (using 16.04 as it has 5 year support unlike 16.10 or 17.04, which has support for only 9 months support cycle). If you are among the ones who wants to try Linux & donвЂ™t want to move away from Windows OS or you are just feeling adventurous & just want to have system that has both a Linux & Windows OS or you might want to secure your system against threats like wannacry ransomware as Linux is not prone to such threats, then this tutorial is surely for you.