Jean-Francois gives more complete advice than I did. Solid suggestions. You'll probably be in "advice overload" just now. One of the unintended consequences of all the choices in Linux. In one way very good, but ... Note that the "change computer settings" is not always required. Asus machines allow ESC to be pressed during the startup splash to get a choice of boot sources. I've seen F8 and F12 too on other brands. Saves some anguish with the BIOS/EFI. One thing worth mentioning is to try the live USB bootup as a way to see how your laptop responds and if various features (sound, screen, internet) work OK. Best, JN On 2020-01-18 11:03 a.m., Jean-Francois Messier wrote: > I had too many dual-boot setups over the last 20 years...... I got some > experience on this. > > The first thing to do is a solid backup (or two). Do not rely on Windows > Backup or Windows CD burner utility to make something reliable. Use the > USB keys and backup your documents, downloads, pictures, etc........ You > could also send those on some online storage if there is nothing sensitive. > > Under Windows start the "Computer Manager" and resize your disk. Give > yourself 20-30 Gb of disk for the OS and a reasonable amount of space > for files, programs, etc. If you can spare more fine. Make sure you > leave 20G free under Windows. > > Make yourself a USB key for Ubuntu. There are several utilities to take > an ISO and put it on a USB key. If you have USB3 ports, use USB3 keys to > write the ISO file. It will go faster and install faster too. > > Change your computer settings to first attempt to boot from USB, instead > of hard disk or CDROM. Otherwise, you will not be able to install Ubuntu. > > Boot from the USB key and start the install. At the install type, Ubuntu > will detect Windows 10 and will offer you to install in the non-used > part of the disk. Go with that. 10-15 minutes later you should have a > dual-boot computer with Windows and Linux. > > On 2020-01-18 8:28 a.m., Allan Topp wrote: >> Hello all. >> >> I have a problem that I hoping one of you might be able to help me >> with either directly or, by sharing a contact, indirectly. >> >> I want to install a ubuntu 18.04 dual boot on a Windows 10 Lenovo >> IdeaPad S145. >> >> Would any of you be able to handle this? Or perhaps do you know >> someone, or a company, who could? >> >> Free would, of course, be good. But, within reason, I have no problem >> paying. >> >> Looking forward to the possibility of hearing from you. >> >> Sincerely, >> >> Allan >> >> >> To unsubscribe send a blank message to linux+unsubscribe [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org >> To get help send a blank message to linux+help [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org >> To visit the archives: https://lists.linux-ottawa.org >> > > > To unsubscribe send a blank message to linux+unsubscribe [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org > To get help send a blank message to linux+help [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org > To visit the archives: https://lists.linux-ottawa.org > To unsubscribe send a blank message to linux+unsubscribe [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org To get help send a blank message to linux+help [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org To visit the archives: https://lists.linux-ottawa.org