Installing Dual OS

This document provides detailed instructions for installing an operating system, specifically for dual-booting Windows and Ubuntu. The process for installing Windows and obtaining a BitLocker recovery key are also included as separate resources.

To dual-boot Windows and Ubuntu, it is recommended to first install Windows and allocate enough free space for the Ubuntu installation. The Ubuntu ISO file should then be downloaded and written to a USB drive using a tool such as Rufus. The computer should be booted from the USB drive to begin the Ubuntu installation process.

For those installing Windows, the process involves creating a bootable USB drive using the Windows Media Creation Tool and then booting the computer from the USB drive to begin the installation process.

In the event of a BitLocker recovery, the recovery key can be obtained through the Microsoft account associated with the device or through a saved recovery key file.

Refer to the linked resources for more detailed instructions on each specific installation process.

Step1:

Step2:

Flash image

BitLocker recovery key

Step2B:

Step3:

Resize Drive or Clone Your Drive to SSD

Dual Boot windows and Ubuntu

Installing Windows:

Windows

Upgrade laptop SSD card

If your laptop hard drive running out of memory and need to upgrade to a larger space SSD card, here is the instruction of how to do it.

This is a good instruction that you should read: https://www.partitionwizard.com/clone-disk/replace-laptop-hard-drive.html.

Get a new SSD. Connect to laptop with a USB-M2.0 adapter. Go to Disk Manager, initialize the new SSD card into GPT format (MRB may also works), create a new volume with all the memory space.

  1. Download and install MiniTool ShadowMaker. Open it, got to Tools/Clone Disk, set the source disk to your laptop disk, and set the destination disk to your new SSD card, then start. Depends on how many files in you hard drive, the clone process could take 3 hours to finish.
  2. After clone finished, turn off laptop, unplug the new SSD from laptop. Open the bottom cover of the laptop and take out the old SSD, put new SSD in. Power up laptop, you should be able to see the laptop works the same as with the old SSD.