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windows 8 and ubuntu 12.10

Asked by peter devlin

Can windows 8 and Ubuntu 12.10 dual boot properly and if so how

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Anton Kanishchev (ak12-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#1

Could you please provide the system specifications of your computer, especially whether it was upgraded to windows 8 or did windows 8 come included (could be a difference because you may have bios or uefi).
For more information of installing ubuntu with windows 8 here is the link

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UEFI

Thanks.

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peter devlin (peterdevlin1) said : 		#2

I dont have it with me at the minute - its a dell inspiron 660 ,1tb hard drive 4 gb ram , i3 processor (3.4 ghz),4 gb ram,Windows 8 pre installed. I tried ubuntu 12.10 previously and used boot repair but that left me unable to access windows so i reformatted hard drive and windows 8 back on at the minute. It is uefi

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Anton Kanishchev (ak12-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#3

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UEFI

Would explain the steps to install ubuntu on uefi.
The following could also prove useful
http://askubuntu.com/questions/221835/installing-ubuntu-on-a-pre-installed-uefi-supported-windows-8-system

Thanks

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Anton Kanishchev (ak12-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#4

I would recommend you back up your windows installation to another drive (system image in back up settings?, that was present in windows 7) so you can restore easily if things go wrong.

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peter devlin (peterdevlin1) said : 		#5

ok ill try that and let you know what happens thanks

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