Hi all,
I have a Dell XPS 14 that came with Windows 8 pre-installed and I've subsequently updated to 8.1. I'd like to be able to dual boot with Ubuntu. I've successfully done this on my self build desktop but I'm unsure how to proceed with the laptop due to OEM and recovery partitions.
It has a 500GB SSD installed with the following partitions:
Volume Layout Type File System Status Capacity Simple Basic Healthy (EFI System Partition) 500 MB Simple Basic Healthy (OEM Partition) 40 MB Simple Basic Healthy (Recovery Partition) 500 MB Simple Basic Healthy (Recovery Partition) 350 MB Simple Basic Healthy (Recovery Partition) 11.68 GB OS (C Simple Basic NTFS Healthy (Boot, Page File, Crash Dump, Primary Partition) 463.78 GB
I would like to be able to return to this exact setup in the future if I wish, re-install Windows, remove Ubuntu etc. What would be the best way of getting Ubuntu installed?
Should I split the 463.78 GB partition and leave the rest untouched?
Is there a way of imaging the entire disc, including the partitions for an easy restore?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Richard McKenna
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