>> On Fri, 2016-03-04 at 19:47 +0000, jf [ at ] messier [ dot ] ca wrote: >>> I solved it, after some advice from yesterday's meeting. The first?? >>> (and easiest) that I tried was to disconnect the Windows hard >disk,?? >>> and retry installing Ubuntu 15.10. I was surprised by That is how I did it: disconnect the Windows disk. Install Ubuntu on the new SSD (nice!). Then reconnect the Widows disk, run the installer again to set up Grub for dual boot.