Installing a Linux Distro alongside Windows¶

Pre-requisites¶

Disable and then re-enable the following things after completely doing the dual boot procedure:
paging
hibernate
system secure
secure boot
Paging
Go to View advanced system settings > Performance > Settings > Advanced > Virtual Memory > Change.
Uncheck Automatically manage paging file size for all drives.
Select No paging file.
Apply the changes and restart your computer.
To undo this, go to afore-mentioned location and check the box, then aplly changes and restart.
Hibernate
Open command prompt as Administrator.
Enter this command in it.
```
powercfg.exe /h off
```
Exit the terminal.
To undo this, enter this command in cmd as Admin:
```
powercfg.exe /h on
```
System Secure
Go to View advanced system settings > System Protection.
Select the drive which you want to partition.
Press Configure > Disable system protection > Delete > OK.
To undo this, Go to View advanced system settings > System Protection.
Select that drive.
Press Configure > Turn on system protection.

Sr No	Description
1	Download an image file (ISO format) of the specific OS according to your device
2	Get an empty USB, we'll make it a bootable USB so it's gonna be formatted
3	Partition some 50-200 GB of space in your drive for Linux
4	Using Rufus or Balena Etcher, flash the ISO image file of the OS to USB
5	Restart your computer
6	While it is restarting, open Boot configuration menu using (F2 on my machine) F2, F9, F12 or ESC key
7	Change the order of BOOT menu so that the USB is at the top
8	(Disable secure boot if ISO is not from an authorised source)
9	Apply changes and exit
10	Now, you'll be entering your OS
11	Once in OS, you'll be asked to install OS (or similar) -> click on modify partitions
12	We'll need the unallocated empty partition here to install linux, store its boot option, and/or swap portion
13	In Gparted, assign 1 GB to boot section, 4-8 GB of swap storage (linux-swap filesystem), and the remaining to root (ext4 or btrfs)
14	After partitioning, assign each of the new partitions to it respective thing (boot, swap, root) and then restart
15	After that, open `disks`, and play the partition where Windows BOOT loader is, mounting it to your system and open it through the link provided
16	Now from file manager, open your boot manager from /boot/efi
17	Copy the EFI/Windows directory inside /boot/efi/
18	Edit the /boot/loader/loader.conf to file and append `timeout 10` to it so that we get 10 seconds to change the boot manager/OS at startup
19	Now, all set!