0

Just tried installing Ubuntu for a class, but during installation it could not detect my Windows 8 operating system. It has a few options on what to do but I don't want to ruin my new computer. Please help.

user2827137
  • 1

2 Answers2

0

Do this:

  1. Select "Something else
  2. Create a new partition. Format: ext2, ext3 or ext4 (preferably ext4) Mount point: / Size: Whatever you want, should be more than 20GB
  3. Make another partition. Format: swap Size: A bit more than the amount of ram you have eg. 16 GB ram, 20 GB swap 4: One more partition. Type: Reserved BIOS boot Size: 2 MB
  4. Click the ext partition.

You should be able to safely install. This is what I had to do. Just a note: GRUB may not detect Windows. A run of Boot Repair (google it) should solve it. I'll reply back when I test it.

JjStAr
  • 1
0

Ubuntu installer, by default, recognizes both Windows 8 and Windows 8.1.

If Windows is not being recognized by Ubuntu Installer, this means that it probably won't auto-configure Windows 8 into GRUB. You can try the following, but there's still a chance that this might break your Windows bootloader and you'll have to reinstall it (See last).

It's always wise to back up (Windows). Now that you've been warned,

  1. Instead of default installation, use custom partitions. See this.
  2. Try booting up. If GRUB gets Windows, you're good. Otherwise, do step 3.
  3. Follow this to manually configure GRUB to give you the option for dual boot.

If the above didn't work, you can reset to Windows-only, see this.

Hope this helps.

Community
  • 1
xyz
  • 1,786
  • 1
  • 12
  • 22