How to install Ubuntu 12.04 / 14.04 alongside Windows 7
Why Ask Ubuntu recommends it
Ask Ubuntu users link it when someone needs a step-by-step visual guide to dual booting Ubuntu with Windows 7.
Recommended by 2 people across 2 different months, 2013 to 2014.
What it is
A screen-recorded walkthrough by Techfanatic78 on installing Ubuntu 12.04 or 14.04 alongside Windows 7 from a burned disc. It covers downloading the ISO, booting from CD, choosing the install-alongside option, and later removing Ubuntu with a free partition tool.
What people said
Recommends Web-E · 2013-07 · Ask Ubuntu · on “My Ubuntu is uber lag”
Check addtional driver tab for drivers, install and test. Read here - How do I install additional drivers? [LINK] Ubuntu installed via wubi is always slow. Since the whole ubuntu content is put in packaged format and stored in the hdd, a low speed HDD contributes more slowness to the system. For using ubuntu you don't need to remove windows. You can perfectly dual boot it, jsut like you are doing with wubi. If the system is slow, after trying both you can look for a lighter ubuntu based distro like lubuntu or xubuntu. Read more here - How do I find out which version and derivative of Ubuntu is right for my hardware in terms of minimal system requirements? [LINK] For installing ubuntu on a se
Recommends BDRSuite · 2014-10 · Ask Ubuntu · on “4 partitions, which to delete?”
If you are planing to install Ubuntu along with windows7 then login windows 7 and from disk management create 15 to 20GB of space that was not partitioned in windows(by shrinking the already available partition). Insert Ubuntu installation disk by selecting cd drive as primary boot device. While installing it will ask you to select the partitions listing as you mentioned above. From there select the partition mostly SDA 4 and try installing OS by default mode. Where the installer itself will create swap and other required bootable partitions. Please check the below URL for details instruction. [this video]
Cites agha rehan abbas · 2014-05 · Ask Ubuntu · on “problems to dual boot between ubuntu 14.04 and windows 7”
When i click the option to install Ubuntu alongside windows 7 my system restarts and the dvd from which i am installing Trusty Tahr is ejected and then everything is to be started from the beginning. I have used Ubuntu previously but i have never made a dual boot between Ubuntu and windows please help me to get rid of this issue I have followed these steps but they didn't work: How to install Ubuntu 12.04 alongside Windows 7 [this video]