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SubinR
Asked: 2021-03-23 13:10:20 +0800 CST

Dual boot Ubuntu 20.04 Installation Questions /suggestions alongside Windows 10 in Dell G5

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Thanks for checking this post/question. Mine is a Dell G5 laptop having a 256GB HDD with Intel RAid ON and Installed ubuntu in the additional 1 TB HDD as Ubuntu doesn't allow to install on Intel Raid RST Hard drive. The grub didn't work because of that. So each time I had to go to BIOS boot menu to choose Ubuntu. I lived with it for almost 10 months without any issues. But last week I got a windows update which crashed it. Even Dell tech support couldn't reinstall windows. Thankfully since Ubuntu was still working, I could backup my data and ship it to them to fix it. Now I got my laptop with fresh installation of Windows.

This time I have decided to change the RAID to AHCI before installing Ubuntu and I did it with the help of this Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIhWnmLx51A.

Now, I'm planning to do the installation as Dual boot alongside the Windows 10 once again. For that, please help me with the below questions:

  1. Should I shrink the volume in the 256 GB HDD which has the Windows 10 and Install in the unallocated space in that drive or should I install in the 1 TB additional HDD I have along with it? which will be more stable and safer?

  2. When I started the installation process without creating any unallocated space / partition from windows in the 1 TB HDD, Ubuntu installer automatically provided the screen to choose the space from the 1 TB HDD. Is that a good option to try it out? Or should I follow the conventional process I've been following all these years (shrink /delete a partition in Windows to create an unallocated space and then create partitions manually with swap space, etc). Which is better?

Please suggest. Thanks in advance!

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  1. Best Answer

    I suspect the 256 GB drive is SSD and is a lot faster than 1TB HDD. The answer is based on this assumption.

    Step 1

    Create unallocated space in the 256 GB SSD.

    Step 2

    Choose the installation option for side by side. There is no need for a separate swap partition. The default installation process will create a swap file.

    Step 3 (Optional)

    Windows Ubuntu dual boot - Share files between OS

    Hope this helps

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