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I've done this before on my machines, but this one belongs to my wife! I usually have success, but sometimes it turns in to a time consuming nightmare.

EDIT How about this for safety?

  • Buy new small drive
  • Install Linux OS with only new drive connected
  • Run this way to get accustomed
  • Connect both drives and modify Windows boot manager to point to new drive as a secondary choice. /EDIT

Computer is ACER desktop ATC-605-UB11 HD has only one partition large enough for an OS.

I tried running MINT from the USB stick and it worked great. Also would like GRUB to default to Windows at least in the beginning. Should I use windows partition tool or Ubuntu. Thanks! Stan

Stan J. Cehonski
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  • This seems to deal mostly with Win 8 and older Ubuntu. I am hoping things have improved. – Stan J. Cehonski Dec 30 '20 at 15:22
  • "Improved" must come from the Windows side. Linux developers have taken ease-of-install as far as they can on their side. – user535733 Dec 30 '20 at 15:26
  • Maybe I'll just run from the USB stick, since it seems to work fine. I'll research a way to save my settings etc. – Stan J. Cehonski Dec 30 '20 at 15:35
  • Acer has unique requirement of setting "trust". Other systems do not have that. Older example, but should be similar: Acer Aspire E15 will not dual boot, many details Trust settings in step 35 http://askubuntu.com/questions/627416/acer-aspire-e15-will-not-dual-boot – oldfred Dec 30 '20 at 16:22

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