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Dual Boot Kali & Windows 7
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Greetings
In this tutorial we will walk together step by step into Creating a dual boot of Kali-Linux & Windows
7. I Do not take credit for this post.
So , Lets start :
The objective here is to show how to install it on an HDD alongside an existing installation of
Windows 7, with the Windows 7 boot manager as the master boot loader, so that at the end,
when the computer is (re)booted, you will be presented with a boot menu that looks just like the
one shown below. Selecting Windows 7 boots the system into Windows 7 and choosing Kali Linux
will, by default, take you to the Kali Linux boot menu, which is the same thing as the GRUB 2 menu,
the version of GRUB used by Kali Linux.
To bypass Kali Linuxs boot menu, simply edit the file named /etc/default/grub and change
GRUB_TIMEOUT=5 to GRUB_TIMEOUT=0. Then run the update-grub command.
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1. Shrink the Windows 7 C Drive: My test system has an existing installation of Windows 7 on a 500
GB HDD, with just two primary partitions. This is how they appear in Windows 7s partition
manager. The task here is to shrink the C drive to create room for installing Kali Linux. To do that,
right-click on the C drive and select Shrink Volume.
Note: If you intend to install Windows 7 afresh, this process will be a lot easier if you set aside the
free space that will be used for Kali Linux during the installation of Windows 7.
If you have enough free space on the C drive, the system will suggest a 50-50 split of the free
space. Which is just good enough for this test installation. Shrink.
After the operation has completed, you should see the newly reclaimed space next to the C drive.
You may exit the partition manager and reboot the computer. Be sure to have the installation disc
of Kali Linux in the optical drive before rebooting.
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2. Install Kali Linux: The best option to select on Kali Linuxs boot menu is Graphical Install. It gives
you a point-and-click installation process. Install works just as well, but the interface is ncurses-
based.
For installing Kali Linux, the following partitions will be created: /boot, /, /home, and Swap. In that
order. The /home partition is optional. At the disk partitioning methods step of the installation
process, you get a bunch of options. Because none of the guided options will create a separate
/boot partition, creating the partitions will have to be done manually. So select Manual and click
Continue.
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Here you can see the existing Windows 7 partitions, both of which are primary partitions. The free
space, reclaimed from Windows 7 in the previous step is what will be used for creating the
partitions for Kali Linux. To start creating the partitions, select the free space and click Continue.
Create a new partition. Continue.
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This shows the total amount of disk space available for Kali Linux. The /boot partition will be
created first, so you need to specify the amount of disk space for it.
For this test system, I assigned 300 MB to it. Continue.
Because you still have two primary partitions to use, you can create the boot partition as a primary
or logical partition. Either option will work, but the installer prefers creating it as a primary
partition, if the boot loader is going to be installed in it. For this test installation, I chose to create it
as a logical partition. Continue.
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Beginning. Continue.
This step shows the details of the boot partition you just created. The only thing you need to
change here is the mount point. Double-clicking on it will open another window where you can
specify the correct mount point.
Heres what it should look like after the mount point has been specified. The other option you
might want to change here is the Bootable flag.
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There is a good reason it should be enabled, but the system will boot even if it is disabled. It just
depends on your BIOS version. For this test installation, it was disabled and the system still worked
perfectly.
Heres the final details of the boot partition. Scroll to Done setting up the partition, then click
Continue. Note that the steps you used to create the boot partition will be repeated for the other
partitions.
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Back to the main disk partitioning window, you can see the boot partition you just created, plus the
remaining free space. Select, the free space, then click Continue.
The next partition will be mounted at /. A new installation of Kali Linux takes up about 6.4 GB of
disk space, so any amount greater than that will do. For the test installation, I gave it 60 GB, which
is way too much, so you do not have to do the same. About 10-12 GB is more than enough.
Continue.
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Here are the details of the new partition. Scroll to Done setting up the partition, then click
Continue.
For the home partition, I gave it a disk space of 100 GB. Continue.
Here are the details of the new partition. Scroll to Done setting up the partition, then click
Continue.
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For Swap, 2 GB is good enough. Continue.
Here are the default details of the new partition. To specify that it be used as a Swap partition,
double-click the Use as line.
Then select swap area. Continue.
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Scroll to Done setting up the partition, then click Continue.
With all the partitions created, scroll to Finish partitioning and write changes to disk. Continue.
Make note of the device number of the boot partition. Here, it is sda5. Youll need it later.
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Select Yes. Continue.
By default, the installer will want to install GRUB, the boot loader, in the Master Boot Record (MBR).
However, for setting up this dual-boot system, we want GRUB in the boot partition. So, select No.
Continue.
his is where you have to specify where GRUB should be installed. For this test system, it is
/dev/sda5. Continue.
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After installation, the computer will reboot into Windows 7. The next task involves add an entry for
Kali Linux in Windows 7s boot menu.
3. Add Kali Linux to Windows 7s boot menu: The simplest graphical application for modifying the
Boot Configuration Data of Window that I know, is EasyBCD. It is free for personal use. You may
download it from here. Install it as you would any other Windows application. The main window is
shown below. To add an entry for Kali Linux in the boot menu, click on the Add New Entry tab.
Then click on the Linux/BSD tab. From the Type dropdown menu, select GRUB 2. Modify the name
field to reflect the name of the distribution you are adding. From the Drive menu, you can either
select the specific partition corresponding to the boot partition of the Kali Linux installation or let
EasyBCD automatically locate and load it. Either one will work. Note that EasyBCDs drive numbers
and the device numbers of the Linux partitions do not match. For example, in this test installation,
the boot partition is /dev/sda5, but the corresponding drive number in EasyBCD is Partition 3. The
size of the partition helps to determine which one it is. Click the Add Entry button when wll the
options have been specified.
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From the Edit Boot Menu tab, you can see a preview of the entries that will appear in the Windows
7 boot menu. Exit EasyBCD and reboot the computer. That should do it.
Extra: Here are all the partitions on the HDD as seen from the Windows 7 partition manager.
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That is it , Now you can enjoy your dual boot.
Its a long tutorial , but after all , it is the only way to learn
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