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Hey Everybody!

I simply wrote this tutorial on how to dual boot your computer off of a USB or a external HDD. It's very simple and can be very fun too do
This edition uses NO Partitioning so dont worry about data loss! :dumb:

1) Firstly your going to wanna delete everything off your USB simply by going to Start>Computer>(Your USB) Than delete everything off of it. Depending on what your OS you wanna dual boot from is I recommend anything from 1Gb-5Gb.



2) Alright, so now you must find your OS that you wanna find, I simply used Ubuntu 10.10 for the dual boot. If you also wanted to use Ubuntu 10.10 than here is the download You must login or register to view this content.



3) After you have chosen what Operating System that you wanted and its downloaded the File should be an ISO file.



4) Okay easy so far right? Now after you have downloaded your desired Operating System you now are going to want to put the file onto your USB.



5) Using this program You must login or register to view this content. it installs the ISO onto your USB and extracts the nescasry files from the ISO into individual files.



Example: Here is the ISO file before.
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Here is the ISO file after using the universal USB installer.
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6) Now simply in the program select what Operating system you downloaded, than select what drive your USB is ( Mine was )
Than install it to the USB.



7) As soon as your done that, your going to want to shutdown your Computer and go into the Bios Menu. ( Mine was pressing F2 when I booted my netbook.)



8 ) Simply navigate over too the Boot order and it should be somthing like this.

    IDE0 WDC

IDE1

USBFDD

Network

USB HDD

USB CD ROM

Your going to want to change it too this

    USB CD ROM

USB HDD

USBFDD 

(Than the rest)

9) With your USB plugged in boot the Computer and you should be good to go. Oh and if you wanna go back the the other Operating system simply shutdown, and go back into the BIOS and change the boot order to what it was before




If you are having any problems what so ever I'm here to help you :fa: The guide is very simple, and very fun too boot into different operating systems :fyea:

This is what the Ubuntu 10.10 looked like when I first used it. The Install Ubuntu option installs it to the HDD, so im not sure if it automatically partitions or just overwrites the older OS



Oh here is a scan for the USB Linux installer.exe

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Thanks man, helped me a bunch.

Not a prob

That's a good tut I've had bad experiences with Ubuntu in the past last time I tried to partition my HDD for it and dual boot it I accidentally deleted the windows partition:god****ingdammit: but you learn from your mistakes.

Yea Partitioning can be dangerous :O But thanks brah

Do you use ubuntu?
[YT] TechMotionHD [/YT]

Not really I tried it out when I dual booted, but it's not all that good, well in my opinion I prefer Windows 7 Ultimate

Oh ok mate. I prefer windows vista

sweet yea :y:

i done something like this before, Not i can't boot my PC up with out the USB being in there..

Because of the Grub loader
Anyone want to help me? Don't want ubuntu 10.10 no more :lol: