How to Install Fedora 32 Alongside With Windows 10 in Dual-Boot

This tutorial will guide you on how to install Fedora 32 Workstation in dual boot with Microsoft Windows 10 Operating System pre-installed on a BIOS firmware machine.

If your computer has no pre-installed operating system and you plan to install Fedora Linux in dual-boot with a Microsoft operating system, you should first install Windows on your machine before installing Fedora Linux.

However, try to disable Fast Boot and Secure Boot options in UEFI firmware based machines if you plan to install Fedora in dual boot with Windows.

Also, if Windows installation was performed in UEFI mode (not in Legacy Mode or CSM – Compatibility Support Module), Fedora installation should also be performed in UEFI mode.

The installation procedure of Fedora Linux alongside a Microsoft Windows 10 OS requires no special configurations to be made in BIOS-based motherboards, except maybe changing the BIOS boot order.

The only requirement is, you must allocate a free space on the disk with at least 20 GB in size in order to use it later as a partition for Fedora installation.

Requirements

Preparing Windows Machine for Dual-Boot for Fedora

Open your windows Disk Management utility and right-click on C: partition and select Shrink Volume in order to resize the partition for Fedora installation.

Give at least 20000 MB (20GB) depending on the size of C: partition and hit Shrink to start partition resize as shown below.

Shrink Windows Partition

After resizing partition, you will see a new unallocated space on the hard drive. Leave it as default and reboot the system in order to proceed with the Fedora installation.

Unallocated Partition for Fedora Install

Install Fedora 32 with Windows Dual-Boot

1. On the first step, download the Fedora DVD ISO image and burn it to a DVD disk or create a bootable USB flash drive using the Fedora Media Writer tool or other utility.

To create a bootable Fedora USB drive compatible with installation performed in UEFI mode, use Rufus utility or Etcher. Place Fedora bootable media into your machine appropriate drive, restart the machine and instruct the BIOS or UEFI firmware to boot from DVD/USB bootable media.

2. On the first installation screen, select Install Fedora Workstation Live 32 and press [enter] key to continue.

Fedora 32 Grub Menu

3. After the installer loads the Fedora Live system, click on Install to Hard Drive option in order to start the installation process.

Choose Install Fedora to Hard Drive

4. On the next screen, select the language that will be used during the installation process and hit on the Continue button.

Select Fedora Installation Language

5. The next screen will present you Fedora Installation Summary menu. First, click on the Keyboard menu, choose your system keyboard layout, and hit on the top Done button to complete this step and go back to the main menu, as illustrated in the below images.

Fedora Installation Summary

6. Next, click on the Installation Destination menu, check your machine hard disk and select the Advanced Custom (Blivet-GUI) option to configure the storage. Again, hit on the Done button to enter the Blivet GUI Partitioning program.

Select Fedora Installation Destination

7. In this step, select the free space that resulted after shrinking the Windows partition will be used for installing Fedora Workstation. Select the free space and hit on the + button to create a new partition

Choose Free Space Partition

8. On partition settings window, enter the size of the partition, select a file system type, such as the robust ext4 file system to format the partition, add a label for this partition and use /(root) as the mount point of this partition.

When you finish hit the OK button to apply the new configuration. Use the same procedure to create the swap partition or other partitions for your system. In this tutorial, we’ll create and install Fedora on a single partition mounted in /(root) tree and we’ll configure no swap space.

Create a New Root Partition

9. After you’ve created the partitions, review the partition table and press the top Done button twice to confirm configuration and hit on Accept Changes button from the pop-up Summary of Changes window to apply storage partition configurations and return to the main menu.

Partition Table Summary Confirm Partition Changes

10. To start the installation process, just hit on the Begin Installation button, as illustrated in the following image.

Begin Fedora 32 Installation Fedora 32 Installation Progress

11. After the installation completes, eject Fedora installation media and reboot the machine.

Fedora 32 Installation Complete

Fedora 32 Post Installation

12. After the system boots up, follow the Fedora post-installation instructions as shown.

Fedora Welcome Screen

12. Allow applications to determine your location.

Enable Location Services

13. Connect online accounts to access your email accounts, contacts, documents, photos and more.

Connect Online Accounts

14. Next, add the name of a new user and set up a strong password for the new account.

Create a User Account

15. Finally, your Fedora system is ready to use.

Fedora System is Ready

16. After reboot, you will be directed to the GRUB menu, where for 5 seconds you can choose what operating system you want the machine to boot from Fedora or Windows.

Fedora and Windows Dual Boot Grub Menu

Sometimes, in cases of dual-booting Linux-Windows in UEFI firmware machines, the GRUB menu is not always displayed after reboot. If that’s your case, boot the machine in to Windows 10, open a Command prompt with elevated privileges and execute the following command in order to restore the GRUB menu.

17. Log in to Fedora Desktop with the account and open a Terminal console and update the fedora system by issuing the below command.

Update Fedora System

18. In case you want to access a Windows partition under Linux, open Disks utility, select the Windows NTFS partition, and hit on mount button (the button with a triangle sign).

Mount Windows Partition in Fedora

19. To browse the mounted Microsoft Windows partition, open Files -> Other Locations and double-click on NTFS partition Volume to open the NTFS partition.

Access Windows Files in Fedora

Congratulations! You’ve successfully installed the latest version of Fedora 32 Workstation in dual-boot with Windows 10. Reboot the machine and select Windows from the GRUB menu in order to switch the operating system back to Windows 10.

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How to Install and Dual Boot Windows and Fedora

Run Windows 10 and Linux Fedora on the same computer

It’s possible to install both Windows and Linux on a single PC. If you know how to dual boot Fedora Linux and Windows 10, you can switch between operating systems whenever you please.

These instructions are for installing Fedora Linux 31 on a PC running Windows 10, Windows 8.1, or Windows 8.

Preparing Your PC for Fedora

You should create a Windows recovery drive with Macrium Reflect or another software backup tool before installing Fedora in case something goes wrong. Also, make sure you have at least 10GB of free space on your hard drive set aside for the installation. Prepare your disk to boot Window and Linux by shrinking the Windows partition if necessary.

After you create a Fedora Linux USB Drive, restart your computer and boot from the USB device to launch a live version of Fedora. You can start using Fedora right away, but you must install the OS to save any changes to your hard drive.

To boot from a USB drive, you must first turn off Windows fast boot. You can turn it back on after installing Fedora.

How to Install Fedora Alongside Windows

When Fedora loads, you’ll have the option to install it to your hard drive or try it without installing. To install Fedora alongside Windows:

You must be connected to the internet. Select the down—arrow in top-right corner of the desktop to view your connections.

Select Install to Hard Drive.

Choose your language and select Continue.

Select Time & Date on the Installation Summary screen.

Choose your timezone on the map, then select Done to return to the Installation Summary screen.

Select Installation Destination.

Choose your hard drive under Local Standard Disk and select Automatic under Storage Configuration, then select Done to return to the Installation Summary screen.

Select Begin Installation.

Fedora should automatically detect your keyboard layout, but you can select Keyboard on the Installation Summary screen to add new layouts.

When the process is complete, select Finish Installation.

If you computer doesn’t automatically restart, select the down—arrow in the top-right corner of the desktop and select the Power button.

Select Restart.

As your computer reboots, remove the Fedora USB drive. When the computer starts up, you should see a menu with options for running Fedora or Windows Boot Manager.

If your computer automatically boots into Windows, you must change the boot order in the system BIOS.

Setting Up Fedora

The first time you load Fedora, you’ll have to complete the setup process by creating a username and password. You’ll also have the options to enable location services and connect with your various online accounts. For example, you can choose to sync Fedora with your Microsoft or Google account to import all of your contacts and passwords