# I'm going to dual boot EndeavourOS alongside Windows10 and I had some questions

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**Category:** EndeavourOS installation\
**Created:** [September 6, 2020, 9:31am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/im-going-to-dual-boot-endeavouros-alongside-windows10-and-i-had-some-questions/7766 "2020-09-06T09:31:06Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 6, 2020, 3:35pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/im-going-to-dual-boot-endeavouros-alongside-windows10-and-i-had-some-questions/7766/5 "2020-09-06T15:35:05Z")

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> [@OrangeBoy](#):
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> Is there a problem if my power goes out during the installation? I don’t have a UPS

That will be a problem no matter what.

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> If, for some reason, the installer freezes, then what do I do?

It usually don’t

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> How long does an installation usually take?

That depends - I can reinstall my system in 5-10 minutes

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> Can I change things like system language, region, keyboard layout etc after installation?

Yes

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> My PC has 1 hdd which is split into 3 partitions: C,D and F. I would like to install EOS on F. Now, it is formatted as an NTFS partition

That depends on your current partition schema

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> Say I’ve created a live USB using Rufus. Now, do I eject the USB, go into my boot menu and change the boot order, then plug in my USB or do I plug in my USB before turning on my computer?

Don’t - use the [ventoy](https://www.ventoy.net) project instead

Just reboot and use your systems boot override - e.g. F7 or F12

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> How much space should my root partition have? Also, considering I have 6gb RAM, can I allocate 8GB for swap?

That dependes on your available diskspace - but EndeavourOS can run on as little as 10G and 1GB RAM - depending on the DE installed.

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> I was checking out the Calamares installer tips page and I did not understand the following: “When you use the same EFI/fat32 partition that Windows uses for boot, DO NOT FORMAT THE PARTITION. Just to be on the safe side, double-check that you didn’t format it before clicking on the install button.”  
> At what stage of the installation do I have to look out for this?

The reason you are advised **not to format it** is obvious - you will prevent Windows from booting. Watch out - if you are doing a manual partitioning but as Calamares usually default to not formatting existing partitions - you should be safe.

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> What is the worst case scenario?

What can you imagine?

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> Any tips?

- [[root] Linux dual-boot Windows](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/root-linux-dual-boot-windows/7770)

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