And then there are the usual problems of getting Windows to coexist with another operating system, complicated by the need to do everything within a UEFI context.
It also means finding a way to recover the laptop back to factory state (in case everything goes badly wrong) that doesn’t depend on the internal SSD, as I’ll be overwriting that. So, that means finding Windows 10 install media and the product key. So my ideal endpoint is a fresh install of bare Windows 10 Home 64 bit, with a fresh install of Ubuntu Linux 15.10 64 bit, in such a way that both coexist happily, and are easy to keep up to date (especially as Ubuntu 16.04LTS isn’t far away now). It turns out that HP (in common with most suppliers of consumer IT) ship their preloaded Windows 10 with quite a lot of bundled “trial” software that we don’t want. This is designed and shipped as a UEFI-only systemīut we like a challenge! There are two approaches to this problem either shrink down the existing pre-installed Windows 10, and install Linux next to it, or start from scratch, wipe the SSD, and install new copies of both operating systems.The HP recovery process uses hidden Windows partitions on the laptop SSD.HP don’t supply install media (only the ability to recover to the “factory state”).Microsoft no longer supply a Windows Certificate of Authenticity with OEM (preloaded) computers, so there is no visible indication of the Product Key for the preloaded Windows 10.
A trial of the latest Ubuntu linux (15.10) from a “live USB” works well, with only the built-in fingerprint reader seeming to be unsupported, so getting it running Linux and Windows 10 in a dual-boot configuration certainly looks possible, though there are a few roadblocks to overcome: This is a beautiful metal-bodied Ultrabook with the latest Intel Skylake Core i5 processor, 8GB of RAM and a 256GB SSD, preloaded with Windows 10 Home 64bit. So after a fair bit of investigation I bought her an HP Envy 13 model D008NA. She also felt that keeping Windows available (as it would certainly be preloaded on anything we bought) made sense in case she needed it for anything specific. She didn’t want an Apple, and wanted to keep Ubuntu as her primary OS. However, it’s really well past the time for it to be retired, and my daughter deserves to have something a little significantly more stylish and capable. With an unofficial memory expansion and a conversion to Ubuntu, it’s seen her through both her GCSE’s and A-Levels, and is still going surprisingly well for its age. For her first term, she took her trusty 7 year old Acer Aspire netbook with her. My eldest daughter has flown the nest and gone to university.
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