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Tried to dual boot W11 & Ubuntu & bricked my PC (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Not sure if this is the right place to ask or if anyone can help me, but today, I installed the ubuntu ISO & converted it to a bootable format on an 128GB SD card (All my USBs are too small) I ran the installer as normal & here's where I think I messed up. I allocated a 27GB partition for linux but that option didnt apper on the installer upon being asked where to install to. Thinking nothing of it, I ran the installer clicking on the install to drive option & halfway through it failed saying something like Error16 Drive is busy & the installation was only half done. now on attempt to restart windows is completely gone & all I can do is boot up a very fragmented Ubuntu without internet & firefox works very slowly. If anyone can help, then it's appreciated. I've always wanted to try Linux & just got an SD card large enough to do it, but now this happens.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (6 children)

alright, go through the ubuntu installer and pick the "install alongside" option when it comes up. it ought to be at the same time that it offers you the option to erase the disk altogether. the "installation type" menu. if you don't get that option, stop and say so.

e: i just finished installing ubuntu desktop lts alongside windows 11 in a vm using the process you're doing. its the disk selection menu, not the installation type.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (5 children)

Let me check if I have this right. Once i have the USB and disc partition set up boot from the USB & go to the installer. Then select download alongside and chiose tge partition to install linux to?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Nah, you’re gonna boot from usb and go through till you get the option to install alongside and pick that.

It’ll only show you that option if you have some unallocated space on your disk from resizing the c drive though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Okay so Just leave some unallocated space of tge size needed tge option to install alongsode windows will be tgere select that and itll install to the unallocated memory, without touching windows?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yep. As long as you pick install alongside it won’t screw up windows. If you don’t see that option in the “disk selection” part of the process then bail out.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

okay, installed with all the right options & it works. Thanks for your help

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Hell yeah!

Take some time to get familiar with using chroot or boot-repair to fix the bootloader when a windows update inevitably breaks it.

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