apelike Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 (edited) Glad you persisted and finally got it working... Merry one to you as well! Edited December 24, 2020 by apelike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zach Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 8 hours ago, Kidorry said: Success at last. I decided to start from scratch again by formatting my U.S.B. and downloading Ubuntu onto it again. I then went into the B.I.O.S. and went into the advanced section to alter the boot order. Plugged in the U.S.B. switched on and it worked a treat. Now I am thinking about installing it on the P.C. Maybe after Xmas. Thanks everyone for your help. A MERRY XMAS TO EVERYONE. Good on you. A bit of learning and sticking with it...result! Your options are quite open now, you could just have Linux or run both from the same drive with a dual boot. You should be OK with a 240GB SSD which will make things run smoother (as mentioned above) whichever way you decide. Just remember to do backups first, things can and do go wrong at times. You know where everyone is if you want advice. Merry Xmas to you too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kidorry Posted December 26, 2020 Author Share Posted December 26, 2020 With Ubuntu do I need to put extra security on because I would like to do my online banking and buying things on Ubuntu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyrotequila Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 1 hour ago, Kidorry said: With Ubuntu do I need to put extra security on because I would like to do my online banking and buying things on Ubuntu. Not really. https://askubuntu.com/questions/10373/do-i-need-to-have-antivirus-software-installed#:~:text=No%2C you do not need,virus is not among them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kidorry Posted December 26, 2020 Author Share Posted December 26, 2020 1 hour ago, Pyrotequila said: Not really. https://askubuntu.com/questions/10373/do-i-need-to-have-antivirus-software-installed#:~:text=No%2C you do not need,virus is not among them. Thank you for that. Very informative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kidorry Posted December 26, 2020 Author Share Posted December 26, 2020 (edited) Have tried to install Ubuntu alongside windows 10 but when I get to the partition part I do not have an option to run alongside windows. It gives me the option to "do something else" When I click this it then shows me a list with different amounts of space on my main disc. At the bottom of the page is "install now", should I? I have also downloaded and tried linux mint and it is the same with that. Do I or Can I disable the windows boot manager if this is causing the problem? Edited December 27, 2020 by Kidorry Added text. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kidorry Posted December 28, 2020 Author Share Posted December 28, 2020 I cannot get the dual boot option on my P.C. so I will just use the U.S.B.. Thanks everyone for your help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kidorry Posted December 30, 2020 Author Share Posted December 30, 2020 Yahoo. Cracked it at last. I have been messing about with this for a couple of weeks now. I went on you tube and saw a person shrink the drive on the P.C. to make room for the install of Linux. Every time I tried to install it before I did not get the option to install inside windows. So I decided to have a go at shrinking the disc size by going on to the disc manager and following the options there. I shrunk the disc to the size recommended and then switched off the P.C. I then put in my U.S.B. with the linux on and re-set the boot order and to my relief I was then able to install Linux without any trouble. Thanks everyone. You can`t keep us octogenarians down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghozer Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 You are very lucky, as playing with the partitions in DiskManager like that could potentially result in the loss of all the data on your drive, and would need rebuilding and recovering... But, i'm surprised during the Linux install, there wasn't either A) an option to install on the Windows Partition, or B) a Linux Partition Manager that would set up the drive ready to go... at least / hlad you got it sorted though.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zach Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 3 hours ago, Ghozer said: You are very lucky, as playing with the partitions in DiskManager like that could potentially result in the loss of all the data on your drive, and would need rebuilding and recovering... But, i'm surprised during the Linux install, there wasn't either A) an option to install on the Windows Partition, or B) a Linux Partition Manager that would set up the drive ready to go... at least / hlad you got it sorted though.. I was tinkering with my old i5 and used a live Linux USB, the interface to install alongside Windows didn't look too friendly to new users (IMO) Credit where credit's due. Kidorry doesn't like the 'No or can't' words 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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