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InstallWindows 10 (ifit isn’talready

installed),theninsertandbootfrom

theMintDVDorUSBmemorystick.

TheWelcomescreengivesyouthe

optiontoStartLinuxMint^1 without

makinganychangestoyourcomputer.

SelectthatoptionandMintloads.

Whenyou’reready,double-clickthe

InstallLinuxMinticononthedesktop.

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Theinstallscreenappears.Choose

yourlanguageandkeyboardlayout,

thenticktheboxtoinstallthird-party

softwareforgraphics,Wi-Fiandmore.

MintshouldspotthatWindows 10 is

installed.Select‘InstallLinuxMint

alongsideWindows10’^1 andclick

Continue.^2 Adjustthepartitionsizesif

required,thenclickInstallNow.

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Theinstallationprocess continues.

TellMintwherein the world you

are,entera username and password,

andwaitwhilethefinal files are copied

over.Whentheprocess is complete,

shutdownyourPCandreboot.The

LinuxMintbootmenuloadsandyou

canchoosewhethertobootMint^1

orWindows10.^2

MINI WORKSHOP | Set Mint todual-boot alongside Windows 10

WhentheUEFIscreenappears,lookfor

theSecureBootsetting– it willprobably

beundertheBootorSecuritytab.Select

it anduse‘+’or‘–’todisableit. Press

F10tosavethechangesandexit.Your

PCwillrestart.

Controlthebootorder

Youmaythinkthatcreatinga dual-boot

system(ormulti-bootforthatmatter)

is simplya caseofcreatingoneormore

partitions,installingtheoperating

systemsin themandchoosingtheone

youwanttobootfromeverytimeyou

turnonyourPC.Andit is – exceptthat

there’sa specificordertotheprocess.

WheninstallingWindowsoperating

systems,you’llwanttoinstallthemin

orderofage– forexample,youshould

installWindows7 beforeWindows10.

If youdothingsin a differentorder–

installingWindows7 afterWindows 10 –

theearlierversionofWindowswon’t

recognise the start-up files used in the

later ones, and will probably overwrite

them, preventing the newer OS from

booting. Also (and this is particularly a

concern in multi-boot systems), if you

resize partitions, you might confuse the

Windows bootloader, preventing it from

being able to read the partition table

properly, which will cause even bigger

problems.

If you want to run a Linux operating

system alongside Windows – be it Mint,

Ubuntu or something else – it’s advisable

to install Windows first, followed by the

Linux OS, because the Windows

bootloader is quite fussy and could cause

you all sorts of problems. This does mean

you’ll need to choose the operating

system you require from the Linux boot

menu rather than the Windows one.

Linux will be the default option as a

result, but you’ll soon get used to loading

Windows from the menu.

Linux Mint is an attractive-looking operating system that’s not dissimilar to Windows 7

You

shouldn’t

need to

disable

secure boot

to install

Mint, but

it’s worth

trying if you

run into

problems

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