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!!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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!
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.
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.
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.
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🙏🏻
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?
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.
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!
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.
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?
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.
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 )
@@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
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.
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 ...
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 TH-cam by KSK Royal. After it, the classic GRUB window is shown at the system boot, allowing the selection of Pop OS or Windows 10.
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.
@@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
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.
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.
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. th-cam.com/video/OCCRFxKU7r4/w-d-xo.html
3:50 unallocated space will make error it must be free space with green label u can do it by shrinking from logical partition so minitool partition will help you 🤓
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.
Hi question... I have installed pop, love it...now, Is there a method of removing windows from dual boot and making my dual boot pop the only os? Saving all my current set up for pop?
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.
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
![How to Dual Boot POP OS 20.04 LTS and Windows 10 [ 2021 ]](/img/n.gif)
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!!
Graphics drivers were installing
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.
Thank you
@inkworker101 Well, you can split them, right?
thanks a million
@fellseed I get the same error. Still no clue after 2 days.
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.
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.
Thanks
tysm bro
Thanks
Did not work for me
Did not work on mine
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.
Damn, that was a good walkthrough. I've been in IT for almost 10 years, and this is by far one of the best.
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.
Thanks a lot bro, especially the last part on the bootloader, thought I had lost my PC...
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!
@@TechHut can you send the link for that
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!
what a coincidence, im trying to put it on a thinkpad l13 yoga pro
pd: whoops dont have a usb lol
Congrats on unlocking the Neckbeard Linuxee achievement
The best tutorial I've ever followed without having an Error.
Thanks for the tuto🙏
You have a very calming voice. Thanks for the help
This video allowed me to dual boot my main desktop with Pop Os and Windows ☺️
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.
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.
Thanks this is what I was looking for once again but couldn't find it this time well too late now :-/
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.
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🙏🏻
OMG thank u so much i was really scared after i didnt get the windows dual boot option,u deserve a sub
Thanks for video I installed pop os after that lost access to windows 10 and finally I can use windows again
I had almost lost hope to get into Windows 10 OS after installing Pop_OS. You made my day. Thanks brother.
Nice and short working explanation. Thanks!
Awesome, great video for beginners or intermediate. Went through details but you were still to the point. Thank you
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?
no
thank u for this! i hope you also installed Pop! on that juul i saw on ur desk
This video was very useful, thanks for this Brandon, you're the man!!!
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.
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!
It was really useful. Thanks #TechHut.
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.
Fantastic video man
thanks from Brazil man.
This was most concise and easy to follow guide i found. I wonder though if this holds up today?
Great job bro 🎉❤
Thankyou friend! This was exactly what I was looking for.
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?
th-cam.com/video/hbzCSjlbInY/w-d-xo.html
@@strikye7 very useful thank you
Gracias por tu buen VIDEO. Desde Colombia. Bogota. Saludos.
Thanks m8 , this helped a lot
Dude, you are the guy who I desperately needed for hours. Thank you.
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️.. your videos are great...thanku so much .. Keep uploading👍
Holy shit, expected pop os installation to be easier than other advanced distro but calamares is so much better.
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.
the issue is when it comes to gaming. Wine is awesome, however there is stuff like xbox game pass...
Still works as of today - thanks matey.
checked all, but can not click erase and install it is greyed out . . . . .
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.
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 )
Yep, same here
What solution did you try?
You could try making a 512mb FAT32/EXT4 partition and see what option than comes up (while installation of course)
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
Thank you so much man. I was stuck on the bootloader part, it wouldn't show up windows. Thank you for helping me out.
I can't get os prober to find windows either
@@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
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.
general rule of thumb while distro hopping:
If it is an amd64 use Etcher
If it doesn't have amd64 use Rufus
@JoneeAL lmao me too
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.
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 ...
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😊
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.
most likely only needed if you are installing both on the same drive
Dude Are you a giant man or that laptops size is small ???
And thanks a lot ❤❤❤
This really helped me after a few botched attempts... thank you!
Thanks Man u saved my day.
And the search of perfect Iinux os is over
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"
Well i wanted to dual boot win 10 and Linux and found out that po os is one of the best so thx
This video helps me so much
Anyway how do you set a screen recorder while installin pop os?
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.
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.
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.
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.
Thanks! worked for me and worked really well!
You can also right-click on the Start button and select 'Disk Management'.
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 TH-cam by KSK Royal. After it, the classic GRUB window is shown at the system boot, allowing the selection of Pop OS or Windows 10.
Thanks mahn , really appreciate it
Great video thank you so much! dumb question. do i need to leave my flash drive in for the dual boot?
Help me when I typed sudo update -grub it showed command not found
Flawless Victory!..
bro, how do i set up boot(/boot/efi) partition? I need it to be able to install the pop os.
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.
Thanks for the os-prober tip!
I did the partition but the button is still greyed out for me... What do I do?
Thank you so much, you solve my very big problem.
Would you mind doing a tutorial that includes the /root and /swap directories in the install? Please and thank you :)
I'd be more than happy to! Potentially later this week.
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.
Agreed. I'll start this project soon. Thanks for checking this out.
That's my problem. Under UEFI pop os uses systemd and I only have experience of grub
My dad and I are thrilled waiting for this, thank you TechHut!
@@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
@@jkt836 could you walk me through it buddy. I'm new to linux
Great video Tech, can i use the same steps to dual boot Garuda with Windows?
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.
What did I do wrong since I did not get window at 10:33 for set up process?
tnks mate, first time doin dual boot
Great video!!! Will be dual booting my gaming laptop tomorrow
was it a success? im planning on dual booting as well
@@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
OMG!!! You a fantastic person, you help me a lot!!! I haven't sufficient thx to u, really thx again!
This is a phenomenal video thank you so much.
Sudo update-grub: command not found, what i do?
Same
I have the same problem, I am searching for a solution. If I find one I will post it here
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.
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.
th-cam.com/video/OCCRFxKU7r4/w-d-xo.html
Me too, turn on the pc by pressing f12 (lenovo bootmanager)
Thank you so much, it worked fine for me. Stay blessed
Thank you, i ve seen a few of your videos, already sub, keep making more it vid
Thanks! Much more to come.
does it work if the 2 os's are in diferent drives?
3:50
unallocated space
will make error
it must be free space with green label u can do it
by shrinking from logical partition
so minitool partition will help you 🤓
Thanks a lot!!!! Hugs from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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.
Thanks dude!
Thanks for the great tutorial. This is what I'm looking for after running trouble during installation when my C drive was recognized.
Great vid - direct, simple and it works... thanks, subbed
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)
Thanks! I was having similar trouble. Refind got it up and running quick.
Hi question... I have installed pop, love it...now, Is there a method of removing windows from dual boot and making my dual boot pop the only os? Saving all my current set up for pop?
im installing today bruh ty for the tutorial
Thank you so much brother. It worked well!❤
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.
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
have you found a way to shrink the c partition? im stuck here, it shows me that i have 47 mb free for shrinking
@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
Is it possible to install the two OS on two different drives, but still use a bootloader to be able to quickly select between the two?
Kinda. You can open the bios and change the drive
Why would you? Just go to bios and change to bootable hard disk
Thx bro helped a lot
Thank you for the manual!
update-grub command not found....