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ThisarticleisastepbystepguideonhowtodualbootWindows7andKaliLinuxonasingleharddiskdrive (HDD).KaliLinuxiswhatusedtobeBackTrackLinux,adistributiondesignedforpenetrationtestingandsecurityprofessionals.Itshipswithabout300penetrationtestingandhackingapplicationsinstalled.

WhileBackTrackisbasedonUbuntu,KaliLinuxisbasedonDebian,andusesthecompleteDebianInstaller.Asaresult,theinstallationprocessisdifferentfromthatofBackTrack,whichusesUbuntusgraphicalinstallationprogram.

TheobjectivehereistoshowhowtoinstallitonanHDDalongsideanexistinginstallationofWindows7,withtheWindows7bootmanager asthemasterbootloader,sothatattheend,whenthecomputeris(re)booted,youwillbepresentedwithabootmenuthatlooksjustliketheoneshownbelow.SelectingWindows7bootsthesystemintoWindows7andchoosingKaliLinuxwill,bydefault,takeyoutotheKaliLinuxbootmenu,whichisthesamethingastheGRUB2menu,theversionofGRUBusedbyKaliLinux.

TobypassKaliLinuxsbootmenu,simplyeditthefilenamed/etc/default/grubandchangeGRUB_TIMEOUT=5toGRUB_TIMEOUT=0.Thenruntheupdategrubcommand.

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Nowthatweknowwhattodo,andwhattheresultwillbe,letsgetitdone.Ifyouhavenotdonesoalready,downloadaninstallationimageofKaliLinuxfromhere.

1.ShrinktheWindows7CDrive:MytestsystemhasanexistinginstallationofWindows7ona500GBHDD,withjusttwoprimarypartitions.ThisishowtheyappearinWindows7spartitionmanager .ThetaskhereistoshrinktheCdrivetocreateroomforinstallingKaliLinux.Todothat,rightclickontheCdriveandselectShrinkVolume.

Note:IfyouintendtoinstallWindows7afresh,thisprocesswillbealoteasierifyousetasidethefreespacethatwillbeusedforKaliLinuxduringtheinstallationofWindows7.

IfyouhaveenoughfreespaceontheCdrive,thesystemwillsuggesta5050splitofthefreespace.Whichisjustgoodenoughforthistestinstallation.Shrink.

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Aftertheoperationhascompleted,youshouldseethenewlyreclaimedspacenexttotheCdrive.Youmayexitthepartitionmanagerandrebootthecomputer.BesuretohavetheinstallationdiscofKaliLinuxintheopticaldrivebeforerebooting.

2.InstallKaliLinux:ThebestoptiontoselectonKaliLinuxsbootmenuisGraphicalInstall.Itgivesyouapointandclickinstallationprocess.Installworksjustaswell,buttheinterfaceisncursesbased.

ForinstallingKaliLinux,thefollowingpartitionswillbecreated:/boot,/,/home,andSwap.Inthatorder.The/homepartitionisoptional.Atthediskpartitioningmethodsstepoftheinstallationprocess,yougetabunchofoptions.Becausenoneoftheguidedoptionswillcreateaseparate/bootpartition,

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creatingthepartitionswillhavetobedonemanually.SoselectManualandclickContinue.

HereyoucanseetheexistingWindows7partitions,bothofwhichareprimarypartitions.Thefreespace,reclaimedfromWindows7inthepreviousstepiswhatwillbeusedforcreatingthepartitionsforKaliLinux.Tostartcreatingthepartitions,selectthefreespaceandclickContinue.

Createanewpartition.Continue.

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ThisshowsthetotalamountofdiskspaceavailableforKaliLinux.The/bootpartitionwillbecreatedfirst,soyouneedtospecifytheamountofdiskspaceforit.

Forthistestsystem,Iassigned300MBtoit.Continue.

Becauseyoustillhavetwoprimarypartitionstouse,youcancreatethebootpartitionasaprimaryorlogicalpartition.Eitheroptionwillwork,buttheinstallerpreferscreatingitasaprimarypartition,ifthebootloaderisgoingtobeinstalledinit.Forthistestinstallation,Ichosetocreateitasalogicalpartition.Continue.

Beginning.Continue.

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Thisstepshowsthedetailsofthebootpartitionyoujustcreated.Theonlythingyouneedtochangehereisthemountpoint.Doubleclickingonitwillopenanotherwindowwhereyoucanspecifythecorrectmountpoint.

Hereswhatitshouldlooklikeafterthemountpointhasbeenspecified.TheotheroptionyoumightwanttochangehereistheBootableflag.

Thereisagoodreasonitshouldbeenabled,butthesystemwillbootevenifitisdisabled.ItjustdependsonyourBIOSversion.Forthistestinstallation,itwasdisabledandthesystemstillworkedperfectly.

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Heresthefinaldetailsofthebootpartition.ScrolltoDonesettingupthepartition,thenclickContinue.Notethatthestepsyouusedtocreatethebootpartitionwillberepeatedfortheotherpartitions.

Backtothemaindiskpartitioningwindow,youcanseethebootpartitionyoujustcreated,plustheremainingfreespace.Select,thefreespace,thenclickContinue.

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1. NICKsays:April14,2014at11:58am

Youneedtosetit/not/boot

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2. krishnasays:April10,2014at10:48am

hiallniceinfoiamrunningwindows7ultimateincdriveandhave2morelogicalpartitionsamd1unallocatedpartition/space.iwanttoinstallin1ofthese2logicalpartitionsnothavingwindows.howmayidothis?shouldihavetoremergepartitionstocandddrivesandrepartiteusindkali?pleasesuggestmewaytoinstallanddualbootitwithwin7sothatiwontgetanyproblemsinmyexistingwindows.thanxinadvanceforhelp

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Diviksays:April11,2014at12:39am

HowmuchmemoryyouwanttoallocatetoKali?

FormeIhaveoverall500GbHDDsoIallocated170toWindowsand100GbtoKaliandresttomyDatathatcanbeusebothinKaliandWindows.

PleasepostyourwindowsDiskStoragemaptoUnderstand.

HowtoOpenDiskStorageMap.RightClickonMyComputer>Manage>onleftpanelDiskManagement.

PostthatImagetohelpyoubetter.contactmeviamail:dbz.divik@gmail.com

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3. Juliensays:November9,2013at8:12am

Doesntworkformeto

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DivikRastogisays:November9,2013at9:46am

WhatProblemyourgetting?

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4. Alexsays:September13,2013at9:08pm

Ifollowedtheinstructionsandinstalledkaliintomylaptopandnowitssaying:

BOOTMGRismissingPressCtrl+Alt+Doltorestart

IamunabletobooteitherOS.

Howdoifixthis?Helpplease!

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Diviksays:September14,2013at7:23am

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Yourwindowsmayhavecorruptwhileinstalling.

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5. Diviksays:July20,2013at1:20am

ThanksbutrightnowImaccessingitbyusingotheraccountusername:rootpassword:theonewhichIcreatedattimeofinstallingit..

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6. Troysays:June25,2013at8:55am

Ididitasspecifiedandmycomputerbootstomissingoperatingsystem!Thatsit!IboottowindowsbootmanagerandigetthisFile:\Boot\BCDStatus:0xc0000225Info:Anerroroccuredwhileattemptingtoreadthebootconfigurationdata.

Whatisthebestwaytofixthis,Iwasthinkingreinstallkaliagain,butchangeastepor2withthebootoptionsorgrubIdontwanttoscrewitupworsethough.itseemedtobootfinewhenimadethenewpartitionwithwindowsdiskmanagersoiwentaheadtoseeifkaliwouldinstallanditseemedallgooduntilthestepwhereitwassupposedtoboottowindowsforthelaststeps.lol

Ihopeididnotscrewituptoobad.plshelp!Thx.

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Troysays:June25,2013at10:19am

Alsoicanstillbootthelivekalidvdandseethedrivewithwindowsonitandallmyfiles

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Diviksays:June27,2013at9:37am

TrytouseUSBforinstallingandliveBootKali.

IfyouwanttoinstallKalitrytodeleteallfreepartitionusingwindows.

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Diviksays:June27,2013at9:39am

usewin32diskmanagertomakeliveUSB.

https://launchpad.net/win32imagewriter

Tryit.

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7. Diviksays:June23,2013at4:04am

HihaveinstalledKaliasyoutold.ItisopeningaswellasbutIhaveaprobleminAuthenticationasitisshowingonlyloginforOtherUserandifImtypingmyusernameandpasswordAuth.Faliure

https://imageshack.com/a/img29/6412/uima.jpg

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finidsays:June23,2013at4:49am

ShouldntyoubelogginginasKY?Isthattheuseryoucreatedduringinstallation?

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Diviksays:June23,2013at5:18am

IcantclickonthatUSERonlyotheroptionisavailtome.

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finidsays:June23,2013at5:48am

Ifthatistheuseryoucreatedduringinstallationandyoucannotclickonit,thenobviously,somethingsnotright.Ifyousetrootspasswordduringinstallation,trylogginginwithrootastheuseraccount.Ifyoucandothat,youcanthencreatedanotheruserseeifthatworks.

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Diviksays:June23,2013at6:23am

Itriedtousingotheroptionandtryingentermyusernamebutstillauthfailure.

Isthereanywaydatnottocreatepasswordwhileinstalling

Diviksays:June25,2013at2:04am

IreinstalledKalibutsameerrorcanlogin

Suatsays:July19,2013at6:27pm

TrytoaddanewuseratloginscreenbyholdingCTRL+ALTF2typethefollowingcommandwithoutquotes:suandgiverootpasswd

ifyoudon`thaveaccesstorootpasswordthenyoucantrythissudopasswdfortocreateanewoneOnceyougottherootaccessyoucanaddanewuserbytyping:adduserdivikhittheenterandchooseapasswordforthenewlycreateduseraccount.WhenyouaredonewiththatnowyoucanexitorrebootorholddownCTRL+ALTF7togobacktologinscreenandloginwithyournewuseraccountinfo.

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8. Shariqsays:June3,2013at11:24pm

IhaveLenevoG580andIhaveinstallWin764,whenIfollowaboveprocedurebutIhavemorethan4partitionbutitsnotappear.duringprocedure

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