Update tutorial installing ubuntu multi boot on your windows computer authored by Jeffrey George Fisher's avatar Jeffrey George Fisher
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**BEFORE PROCEEDING MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE ANY IMPORTANT DATA BACKED UP ON A SEPARATE DRIVE**
<br/>**THIS TUTORIAL WILL MAKE PERMANENT CHANGES TO YOUR COMPUTER'S DRIVE. IF YOU LOSE DATA IT WILL LOST FOREVER, UNLESS YOU BACK IT UP.**
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## Partitioning and Creating an Installer (on Windows)
Note that if you have a separate drive from your Windows installation, then we highly
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2. Right click the drive you want to install Ubuntu on (if you only have one drive then
choose the one with `C:`). For instance, in the picture below, since there is only one drive, I
would right click on the box that says `Disk 0` (on the far left).
![Disk Management Prompt](../uploads/training/diskmgmt.png)
![Disk Management Prompt](/uploads/training/diskmgmt.png)
* Choose Shrink Volume
* Enter the desired size for the Ubuntu installation. We suggest around 80 GiB with an absolute
minimum of 40 GiB.
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4. Create a Bootable Installer for the Ubuntu ISO:
* There are many ways to create a bootable installer, we recommend [balenaEtcher](https://etcher.balena.io/).
TODO Don't necessarily need to provide screenshots for balenaEtcher since there's only 3 buttons. But do add a visible warning that the USB drive will be overwritten/formatted and all data on it will be lost.
TODO Discuss USB, how big of a USB flash drive they need. Mention that it will be overwritten. We may provide USB drives during workshop or office hours.
## The First Reboot and Running the Ubuntu Installer
5. Reboot and enter the boot picker on your computer.
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