I have a Windows 8 system and was about to install Ubuntu 14.04 in dual boot mode, when I heard about Windows 10 releasing. Now that the Windows 10 has rolled out, I would like to know whether doing the same steps as for Windows 8 would install it. I would wait until somebody else has tried it out and posted it on the internet, but I'm somewhat out of time to wait. Will it be risky trying it out so soon, or does anyone know about what would work?
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I've been dual-booting Windows 10 preview for 3 months now: no problems whatsoever in BIOS mode... (No UEFI here!)
However, I have 2 hard drives in my machine and change the boot order to boot from one hard drive or the other one. I did run for a week or so from one hard drive, but something got screwed up, so I reverted to booting from 2 hard drives again...
And as to waiting: you can always wait for the new CPU, the new Windows, the new GPU, ... If you're out of time to wait, get a system with Windows 8 and dual boot that as Microsoft has announced that anyone with a Windows 8 system can upgrade for free within one year...
I'm dual booting them right now- I just answered my own question detailing the process. This was specific to my firmware, but the general principles will appy. The most important thing is to make sure you do everything in UEFI if you have UEFI firmware, or everything for BIOS if you have BIOS firmware. Mixing methods is where things usually start to fail. (If you have UEFI firmware and want to use a legacy boot mode, treat it as BIOS, and keep your fingers crossed). See this question.
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1Your link is broken. Should be this I think: askubuntu.com/questions/666631/… Aug 28, 2015 at 2:22
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Thanks for pointing that out. I think I fixed it, but I'm on mobile, so it's hard to tell :P Aug 28, 2015 at 2:25
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Thank you. I was worried it was too long and too specific, but hopefully it will help others avoid the messes I made following older answers to similar questions. Aug 28, 2015 at 2:34
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on the ESP (where boot configuration and bootloader of Windows are stored). Linux EFI loaders in other directories wouldn't be affected, which is why I think that this question is only about Windows.