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Tried to dual boot W11 & Ubuntu & bricked my PC
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alright, go through the ubuntu installer and pick the "install alongside" option when it comes up. it ought to be at the same time that it offers you the option to erase the disk altogether. the "installation type" menu. if you don't get that option, stop and say so.
e: i just finished installing ubuntu desktop lts alongside windows 11 in a vm using the process you're doing. its the disk selection menu, not the installation type.
Let me check if I have this right. Once i have the USB and disc partition set up boot from the USB & go to the installer. Then select download alongside and chiose tge partition to install linux to?
Nah, you’re gonna boot from usb and go through till you get the option to install alongside and pick that.
It’ll only show you that option if you have some unallocated space on your disk from resizing the c drive though.
Okay so Just leave some unallocated space of tge size needed tge option to install alongsode windows will be tgere select that and itll install to the unallocated memory, without touching windows?
Yep. As long as you pick install alongside it won’t screw up windows. If you don’t see that option in the “disk selection” part of the process then bail out.
okay, installed with all the right options & it works. Thanks for your help
Hell yeah!
Take some time to get familiar with using chroot or boot-repair to fix the bootloader when a windows update inevitably breaks it.