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Harddrives: 125 gb SSD with windows 8 installed, 1 tb hdd

What I want to do: I want to install ubuntu on my hdd without affecting my current set up too much. Right now windows 8 boots up nice and fast and I don't want to have to choose which operating system I want to use all the time. Is there a way to download ubuntu onto my hdd and launching it from windows when I want to use it? Thanks

Tim
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user259378
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    Use [virtualbox](https://www.virtualbox.org/)? – Elliott Frisch Mar 18 '14 at 02:02
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    Possible duplicate of [Installing Ubuntu on one of two hard drives](https://askubuntu.com/questions/193807/installing-ubuntu-on-one-of-two-hard-drives) and [Installing Ubuntu On Second Hard Drive](https://askubuntu.com/questions/629750/installing-ubuntu-on-second-hard-drive) – karel Mar 18 '19 at 03:17

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The recommended way to dual-boot your system is to install Ubuntu on a separate partition on your SSD. The Ubuntu installer will help you do this. It will also install a boot loader (probably GRUB) that will help you select which one you would like to boot after POST. This will yield the best experience from both operating systems.

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  • I'd be careful with that especially because OP is using windows 8 so he likely has some EFI boot setup pre-installed. – Daniel W. Mar 18 '14 at 02:35
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You need to download VMware for windows 8 that will allow you do what you want to do, You cannot run another OS from with in Windows OS with out Virtual PC software and I works just like it would if you booted up from the drive and you can switch between the two