Best way to convert Ubuntu VM to dual boot and keep data and applications?
by prosaic from LinuxQuestions.org on (#5G3YF)
Hi, I would like to convert my Ubuntu 20.04 virtual machine to a dual boot option alongside Windows 10 on my newish Dell laptop (with EFI) but am not sure about the best way to go about doing this.
If possible I would like to keep everything in the VM as it is including all files and applications.
This guide (https://www.tecmint.com/install-ubun...ows-dual-boot/) explains how to use a utility such as Rufus to do a fresh install on a machine already running Windows.
Would it be best to follow this guide and then reconstruct my setup from a backup of my VM? (If so, should I *not* backup my system as a disk image?) I have a USB drive from an old Windows machine that I could partition and reformat for the backup (it's got 90 GB of free space and I could free up more). I also have a flash drive I could use for the fresh install of Ubuntu.
Or is there a better way?
My Ubuntu Virtual Box:
Storage: 128 GB (52 GB filesystem partition with 17 GB free and 75 GB of unallocated space)
OS specs: 64-bit, X11 windowing system, Gnome 3.36, Ubuntu 20.04
My Windows host system:
Storage: 475 GB Bitlocker-encrypted basic data partition (with 265 GB free),
EFI partition (150 MB), recovery partition (990 MB)
OS specs: 64-bit, Windows 10 Pro
Thanks in advance for any advice.
If possible I would like to keep everything in the VM as it is including all files and applications.
This guide (https://www.tecmint.com/install-ubun...ows-dual-boot/) explains how to use a utility such as Rufus to do a fresh install on a machine already running Windows.
Would it be best to follow this guide and then reconstruct my setup from a backup of my VM? (If so, should I *not* backup my system as a disk image?) I have a USB drive from an old Windows machine that I could partition and reformat for the backup (it's got 90 GB of free space and I could free up more). I also have a flash drive I could use for the fresh install of Ubuntu.
Or is there a better way?
My Ubuntu Virtual Box:
Storage: 128 GB (52 GB filesystem partition with 17 GB free and 75 GB of unallocated space)
OS specs: 64-bit, X11 windowing system, Gnome 3.36, Ubuntu 20.04
My Windows host system:
Storage: 475 GB Bitlocker-encrypted basic data partition (with 265 GB free),
EFI partition (150 MB), recovery partition (990 MB)
OS specs: 64-bit, Windows 10 Pro
Thanks in advance for any advice.