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About three years ago I set up dual boot, however my SSD died recently and I find myself back to the same point in time.

I reinstalled win 8, upgraded to win 10 home and then I went the extra mile an upgraded to win 10 pro.

If followed the everyday linux guide here

I shrank the volume to free up 70GB for Ubunutu.

I then booted into the 14.04.3 image on a USB stick and clicked install. However, I do not get an install alongside option.

The options are as follows

  1. Erase disk and install Ubuntu
  2. Encrypt the new Ubuntu
  3. Use LVM
  4. Something else

Why am I not seeing install alongside Win 10? Is it ok to just select the something else option?

SeanJ
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    You can use the Something else and install Ubuntu along side it that way. Good instructions can be found here. Make sure that you install the bootloader to the primary boot drive, i.e. /dev/sda. – Terrance Jan 11 '16 at 18:35

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Choose Something else and select the partition you created.
Set / (root) as the mount point and select ext4 as the file system.
After installation, select Ubuntu as default system in BIOS.

Important :

Disable hibernation and fast boot in Windows before.
Open command prompt as administrator and execute: 

powercfg /h off

Open the "old" version of Windows Control Panel.
Go to the Power Settings and uncheck Fast startup.
Shut down the computer completely, do NOT reboot.

Fabby
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  • Just going over old questions I asked. I can't remember what I did but this solution looks good so accepting. – SeanJ Mar 15 '19 at 09:01