How To Dual Boot Kali Linux v. With Windows 1. 0Kali Linux, by Offensive Security recently released their new version of penetration testing platform Kali Linux v. Also Microsoft released their most advanced final version of Windows Operating System, Windows 1. So how it will be when these two killer badass OSs come in same device. Boot Windows Iso With Grub' title='Boot Windows Iso With Grub' />In this article we are going to guide you how to dual boot Kali Linux v. Microsoft Windows 1. Dual boot means running two separate OS in same HDD. If you are not a fan of Windows 1. Kali Linux with Windows 788. Before starting tutorial checkout  5 things to do before dual booting Linux with Windows. Materials Required. Before starting this tutorial first checkout materials required Of course a PCLaptop. GB Pendrive MinimumAt lest Dual Core either intel or AMD with minimum 1. GB of RAM. Windows 1. WindowsAlready InstalledKali Linux latest vesrion Get It Now. Step 6 Installing Ubuntu along with Windows 10, 8. Once you have disabled secure boot, its time to install Ubuntu. I hope you already created the live USB as. From an ISO file containing Linux almost any Linux OS distribution, you can create a bootable USB installer disk on Microsoft Windows easily. If you. Step 2 Install Ubuntu 16. Windows DualBoot. Now its time to install Ubuntu 16. Go the download link from the topic description and grab Ubuntu. How to Install Windows 8 from USB. If you find yourself installing Windows often, you may want to make life easier with a bootable Windows USB installation drive. Download Latest Windows 10 Setup ISO for Clean Install or Upgrade UPDATE The Media Creation Tool now downloads the latest Windows 10 Creators Update build 15063. Rufus  Get It Now. Some Patience. Video tutorial available at the end of the article. So lets start Also Read  A Z Kali Commands Step 1 First download Kali Linux latest version ISO file from the above provided link. Download either 3. Step 2 After downloading Kali Linux the next step is the creation of a bootable USB. For that we need Rufus a utility that helps format and create bootable USB flash drives. So download it from above link and install. Step 3 Lets start making a bootable USB. First connect your USB drive. As already said we need minimum 8. GB memory pendrive. Run Rufus and follow steps to create a bootable USB. Step 4 Now you get a screen like below image. Step 5 First check your USB drive is selected. Then click small CD drive icon below 2 and locate Kali Linux iso file that you downloaded from Kali official website. And finally click Start and wait for process to complete. Step 6 After process completion you can see a close button to exit from the rufu window, click on it and yes, here is your Kali Linux bootable USB drive. Other than installing Kali Linux with Windows, you can also use this USB to live boot Kali means run Kali without installing it but limited some functions. Also Read  A Z Bash Command Line for Linux Step 7 Next we are going to create a separate partition for Kali Linux installation. So open your Disk Management settings in Windows or Run  diskmgmt. Create a new partition of size about 1. GB minimum by shrinking any existing volume. Here we created a new partition of size 1. GB. Step 8 Initial process all done. Downloaded Kali Linux ISO, Created bootable USB drive and created a separate partition for Kali Linux installation. Before going on keep in mind always Disable Secure Boot and Fast Boot option in BIOS. Now Restart your PCLaptop and go to boot manger and select the option boot as USB. Options will be different for different brands. Just boot it as USB. Now you will see the installation window of Kali Linux. There are different options to install Kali Linux. Here choose Graphical Install  Step 9 Choose the language to be used for the installation process. Download Euro 2004 Ps2. And press  Continue. Step 1. Choose your country and  Continue the installation process Step 1. Next set type of keyboard layout. Choose American English for normal people. Step 1. Next step set IP configurations. You can Configure your network Automatically OR Manually. Step 1. In next it will ask for a Hostname. Set any name you want. Also Read  The best Linux distro for beginners Step 1. In this step you have to enter a password for  ROOT User . After entering Administrative account password click Continue. Step 1. Next choose partitioning method as Manual and hit Continue. Step 1. Carefully do this step. Only choose the partition that we created earlier for Kali installation and press Continue. Step 1. Then select the option Delete the partition and hit Continue. Step 1. After above step you can see that your Kali installation partition is now show as FREE SPACE. So choose it and Continue. Also Read  Top 1. Favourite Operating Systems Of Hackers Step 1. Next step it will ask us how to use those FREE SPACE. Choose the option  Automatically partition the free space and Continue the process. Step 2. Next choose the first option that is recommended for new users and press Continue. Step 2. Finally select the option  Finish Partitioning and Write Changes to Disk and Continue. Step 2. In this step it will ask permission to write changes in disk. Choose Yes and Continue. Now the Kali will start the installation process. Wait 1. 0 1. 5 minutes to process completion. Step 2. In the middle of installation it will ask for network mirror,choose Yes or No. This settings is about update option. So we recommended you to choose No now. You can later change this option. Step 2. Next it will ask for installing GRUB boot loader, choose Yes. Continue. Step 2. Next it will ask where to install boot loader. Choose your hard disk, second option. Remember only choose your hard disk to install GRUB. Otherwise after installation of Kali your system will not display option to choose operating system on start up. Step 2. After successful completion of installation  process you will see a screen similar to below screenshot. Choose Continue. Step 2. Now Restart your PCLaptop and eject USB drive. During Start Up you can see the GRUB Loader of Kali Linux. Here you can choose Kali GNULinux to boot your PCLaptop with the new Kali Linux or else choose  Windows Recovery Environment to start as Windows 1. Cool, here is your new hacking and penetration testing partner. Start to break stuff like a pro. We hopes you like the article regarding how to install Kali Linux v. Windows 1. 0. If you have any doubts or facing any problem during installation please contact us or comment below. We are here to help you. And wait for some new Kali Linux tutorials Also Read  How To Uninstall Linux Or Windows From Dual Boot System. Check out Video Tutorial Dual boot Kali Linux With WindowsSolution  Authentication Problem During Kali Linux Start Up. Sometimes after successful installation of Kali Linux many users fails to login into Kali first time. The problem they are facing is authentication. You must also experienced same problem, even after entering the correct Username Password one that provided during installation, you fails to login into Kali Linux. Dont worry we have a solution for you. When Kali Linux ask you to enter Username for first time, do not enter the Username you given during installation. Instead of that just type root in username field and then enter Password that you set during installation. Yes this will solve your problem. Solution Missing GRUB in Kali Linux. Some of our readers are reporting a problem, that after installing Kali linux they are unable to boot into Windows. This is because of missing GRUB loader. So to solve this problem you have to reinstall GRUB menu so that it can detect Windows. To do so boot into Kali and open terminal and type following commands os prober. Solution Source Kali ForumsSolution After Installing Kali, PC Directly Boots to Windows. Many readers are reporting that even though after successfully installing Kali, every time PC boots automatically to Windows without showing GRUB. This happens due to failed GRUB installation happens because of Bootable flag option is off. GRUB installs successfully only when this option is on. See step 1. 7 you can find bootable flag option. So this is one of the possible solution for that problem First boot with your Kali USBSelect Live option to boot into Kali Live mode. Open Terminal window. First we have to find out the partition Kali is installed on devsda. Mount your kali partition. You will need to mount the dev directory into mnt. HDD sda, not sda. Now reboot the system, you will see your boot menu showing Window and Kali Linux both simultaneously.