![]() ![]() NTFS, which is the default file system that Windows uses, is fairly well supported in Linux. If you are dual-booting, some extra factors must be considered. Installing Windows to dual-boot with GNU/Linux Dual booting allows you to select your operating system on boot. It's a good idea to save your license key for windows in a safe place in case reinstalling becomes necessary. Unlike Windows XP, you are not limited to floppies a USB flash drive suffices. At the prompt where you are asked to choose a partition, you can click Load Driver and browse (or ask Windows to search) for the driver. If you are installing Windows on a RAID drive, or a SATA drive in some cases, you are going to have to provide drivers to the Windows installer so that it can access the hard drive on the raid controller. ![]() If you have already allocated the whole disk to 1 partition and you want to change it later, you can do so and create new partition (from the existing partition) using Disk Management in Windows Vista and later or use a third-party tool. This means that if something goes wrong with the operating system, the partition can be formatted and the operating system can be reinstalled, possibly without losing data. Some people find that it's useful to create separate partitions for the operating system and data. If you are doing a Windows-only install, just allocate all of the hard drive to Windows. Push the power button on the front of the PC, put the DVD-ROM in your optical drive or insert the USB, and follow the on-screen instructions (you may have to configure your BIOS to start with the DVD or USB). The installation of Windows is relatively easy. Newer versions of Windows tend to be more cooperative. This is because Windows tends to overwrites the software that GNU/Linux requires to start up, even if something is already there. If you are going to install Windows OS in a multiboot setup, you should start by installing Windows first. If your multi-boot setup is Windows-only, install the oldest Windows version first. The complexity of doing so may vary, depending on how the last one automates (or not at all) the process. Having installed an OS, you can always install another later. Note that you also have the option of installing more than one operating system in what is called a multiboot setup. ![]() Simply put, can you accomplish your day to day tasks with the software that will run under the operating system in question? Do you require some special software availability, ability to run on older equipment? Have you considered the costs? Determine your needs before installing an operating system. It all depends on the uses you will be giving to your machine (function and required software) and the price tag you are willing to pay and the support you require. Options can be varied, there are many operating systems to choose from, including commercial ones like Microsoft Windows (of which the current version is Windows 11 version 22H2) or free ones like GNU/Linux distribution (a free software operating system) or BSD. You may select from several available on the Internet or from your local computer store. If you have a workable machine that recognizes the basic hardware (CPU, memory, HD, mouse and keyboard) you can now start installing an operating system (OS). If you do not have another computer or thumb drive, you will need to put off this step until after you install the operating system (you can also use a boot disk that permits you to get an OS running out of it) to get the new computer connected to the network. The simplest way as an initial step is to, find another computer, download the flash update and put it on a USB thumb drive (or another a bootable support media) and boot the new computer with it. This step can be overlooked if you are sure that any later versions of your BIOS will not solve any issues or requirements you have. ![]() One important step that can be required as the starting point after you have a working PC, depending on how stable your BIOS is (bugs or any lacking specific software and hardware support), is to do an update of it (called "flashing" the BIOS).
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