Now it's time to turn your attention to the destination system. It doesn't matter what condition it's in or even if it's riddled with malware; you just need it to be able to boot from a flash drive.
That may mean venturing into the BIOS and changing the boot order, which by default almost certainly puts the hard drive first. Some systems do offer a pop-up boot menu that lets you choose what device to boot from without having to monkey with the settings. If yours does, count yourself lucky. For example, I did some testing with a years-old HP Pavilion dm1z. When you first power it on, there's no boot menu -- just a blank screen and then the Windows startup screen.
So I did a quick web search for "Pavilion dm1z boot menu" and learned that I need to press either F1 or F10 immediately after powering on the machine. Turns out it was F That's pretty common, though based on past experience, it might also be F2, F9, F12 or even the Delete key. Depends on the system. Once you've found your way into the BIOS, find the boot or startup menu and make sure "flash drive" or "USB drive" is first in the boot order.
Then save and exit usually by pressing F10, but, again, this varies. As you probably know already, Linux can boot and run right from the flash drive -- no actual installation required. That's a great way to test-drive a distro, but this tutorial is about installing the OS, so let's focus on that option. The big decision you'll need to make is whether you want to install Linux alongside your existing OS, which would result in a dual-boot setup, or reformat the hard drive and run only Linux.
The dual-boot installation process is fairly simple with a modern Linux distribution. First, choose your Linux distribution. Launch the installer, and follow the instructions. Do not choose the option that will overwrite your Windows system with the Linux one. The best part is that Live Installations allow you to try out the software before you wipe your entire hard drive.
Follow the instructions provided on the Ubuntu website to get up and running: you need a blank DVD or a USB stick at least 2GB in size, and the setup process is very straightforward. Ubuntu, for example, prompts you to download codecs for commonly used audio and video formats with a single check box, and on most modern systems can instantly identify available wifi networks and connect up to them.
Most users are going to be up and running and happily enjoying Linux in a few minutes. The most important thing is you should create a separate partition for Ubuntu manually, and you should select it while installing Ubuntu. Linux offers great speed and security, on the other hand, Windows offers great ease of use, so that even non-tech-savvy people can work easily on personal computers.
Linux is employed by many corporate organizations as servers and OS for security purpose while Windows is mostly employed by business users and gamers. While Windows remains the most popular form of many business IT environments, Linux provides the function. Yes, It will. But if you take little care then It will not erase your current OS and you are able to set up dual boot OS.
Yes, you can install both operating systems on your computer. Installing Windows, however, will destroy the information left by bootloaders and so should never be installed second. Few common thing you could look out for are: What is your system specs.
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