Dual Boot Fedora & Windows 11 on One PC: Easy Guide

Switching to Linux can be a long migration, so sometimes it's great to be able to sample the best of both worlds on a single PC. Or, perhaps you're even a fan of both operating systems! In this video, Jay will walk you through the process of dual-booting Fedora Workstation and Windows 11 every step of the way. Just make sure you back up first just in case!

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00:00 - Intro
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02:34 - Checking Windows 11 to ensure it's up to date
03:29 - Using the Fedora Image Writer to create bootable media
06:14 - Booting into the Fedora live environment
09:10 - Testing compatibility with Fedora before installing
12:30 - Booting into Windows
13:31 - Booting into Fedora
15:18 - Updating Fedora

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[frhyuhy]

My recommendation is to make sure you disable Fast Startup in Windows before you start dual booting linux. This will force Windows to close all files before shutting down. This will help prevent corrupting the Windows partition when you are using Linux.

[davebilson]

I dual booted Vanilla Linux and Windows 11, but I had two drives in my computer so I put Windows on one drive and Linux on the other.
I disconnected the power lead and SATA data cable from one of the drives and installed Windows.
I then removed the Windows drive and reconnected the cables to my second hard drive and then installed Vanilla OS on it.
Once I was finished I turned off the computer and reinstalled the removed Windows drive.

By default it will boot into Windows but I can change the boot order, so Linux is the Primary OS, in the BIOS. If I want to boot the Secondary OS then I just hit F12 whilst booting and select the other OS I want to boot.

To be honest the look of Fedora looks very similar to Vanilla OS, which I am currently using.

[maxlagerbee]

I use two SSD's. One for Windows and one for LInux. I use the Grub boot menu to pick which SSD (Windows 11 or Linux) to boot.

[Sumitso]

As much as I have wanted, I have yet to find a compelling reason to dual boot windows/linux. WSL2 seemed to be the right solution, and worked well, especially after the network driver issue was corrected which allowed nmap and tcpdump to function properly.

[zinedine]

damn bro, your channel is the best way to learn linux

[mysterynad]

Heads up, as this has tripped me up many times, but do NOT test the media when you go to boot from the Fedora USB. If you create the drive in Windows it will fail the checksum test at the same point every time. This is because the checksum assumes that the disk is identical to the original ISO image. If you create it in Windows it will not be the same as Windows creates a hidden directory in every compatible volume that gets mounted. That directory is called 'System Volume Information' and it will alter the final checksum of the device.

[RedSntDK]

Handy that Fedora comes with a proper partition tool that can shrink partitions. Alternatively booting into a live image environment and using gparted, that's what did the trick for me. Actually more than once, because I initially didn't reserve much space for linux as I wasn't sure I'd be daily driving it, but now the windows partition is just vestigial.

[DugB]

A more interesting take would be dual booting if you have Linux installed FIRST instead of installing Linux on a system that has a windows installed.

[mikemainer]

Certainly easy enough to setup, but too risky and too easy to screw up grub and corrupt your bootloader. Better to have separate disks, each with its own OS.

[tubeDude]

I stay away from dual-boot ... NOT a good idea. An as someone else mentioned, I'd go with Debian!

[LarryGaringfrog]

Dual booting should not be done with Windows. It is not a matter of If Microsoft will destroy your bootloader but a matter of when.

[treyquattro]

been doing it for years - have to run Windows stuff from time to time (yes, I also have VMs)

[doveofdestiny]

Could you please make a video on methods of syncing one-drive on Linux both ways - similar to how windows does it. I don't just mean mounting a drive, as that requires constant internet connection. It's the main thing stopping me switching to Linux completely.

[akmartinez]

I have my pc set up to be able to boot into 4 OS’s with 4 separate SSD’s. One with Ubuntu for my daily driver, one with Kali to study and practice penetration testing, one for my Windows gaming and legacy software, and one for my son’s gaming and school work. This way, if something gets messed up or corrupt on one SSD it doesn’t disrupt the others, especially anything my son does…

GRUB gives me a menu…

[rayarasevakaru]

Disk is not detecting in my dell..pls help

[GillanMusicArt]

0:03 Would you explain how to remove a Windows broken link in Grub ( Dual Boot ) set up, without using, Grub Customizer? Best regards and thanks.

[jonathonhyam]

Great video! Please would you consider covering different gui based boot loaders?

[sheldonkupa]

rEFInd! Mentioned that often earlier. Use it since years on all my machines. Boot to firmware, from usb, kernels directly from root. All i wished.

[darkorb]

Can you please make a video tutorial about how to install Gentoo Linux via USB ? Thanks in advance. Really good video by the way )

[cgjoh]

Required kernel anti cheat and Lian li are my current windows requirements...