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How to put dual boot on hard drive - 7.04 alternate

Asked by Marion Kadin

I have Windows XP on my hard drive. I could not properly download Ubuntu 7.04 onto disk, always errors. So I downloaded the 7.04 alternate cd and it came out fine. I put in computer, but when it come to partitions, it said I would lose all of my data on any partitions I have removed and the ones that I am formatting. It says the following partitions are going to be formatted: partition 2of IDE1 Master (as ext3) and partition 5 of IDE1 as swap. I do not want to lose the windows I have on, is it being removed or not? I am confused. I am using my laptop to send this message while that window is still sitting on my desktop. Can you help me please????Thanks in advance

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Best Prashant Vaibhav (mercurysquad) said : 		#1

Hello,

When you are at the partitioning step, remember not to remove or format any partitions on which you have data. You can guess which partitions have your data by its size. Please boot into Windows, and make a note of the different partitions you have along with their sizes and free space. Then restart the Ubuntu setup, and at the partitioning step, compare the partitions shown with the ones you noted down. Do not remove or reformat any partitions which match the data you recorded.

As an extra hint: your Windows partition is very likely to be partition 1 of IDE 1.

Hope this helps.

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Cesare Tirabassi (norsetto) said : 		#2

We don't know how many hard disks you have, how they are partioned and what software is installed where, so we can't really help you.
Partition 1 of IDE1 is most probably WinXP, so if the installer is offering to format partition 2 of IDE2 it should be ok.
You can look at this guide for some more details about how to install a dual-boot system:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WindowsDualBoot

There is also a nice video here:

http://screencasts.ubuntu.com/Installing_Ubuntu_with_Windows_Dual-Boot

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Cesare Tirabassi (norsetto) said : 		#3

>format partition 2 of IDE2

Sorry, too fast typing, thats partition 2 of IDE1 of course....

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Marion Kadin (kadmom7) said : 		#4

Yes I got it installed and have windows. However, I am now finding that I do not have a full window in some of the windows, especially trying to set up my printers. I can highlight printer, but can't find any icon or button to push llike forward that was missing on another window I was in, I believe that was evolution. What is going on and how can I fix this

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Marion Kadin (kadmom7) said : 		#5

Hi, that fixed the installation problem, still have windows...thanks.
However I find that I do not have full pages on some windows like setting up
printer. Can highlight printer, but no icon to push or button. It is like
it isn't there. Same thing with Evolution. Can you help me????Thanks in
advance, again.

-------Original Message-------

From: Cesare Tirabassi
Date: 07/24/07 00:12:55
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: [Question #10267]: How to put dual boot on hard drive - 7
04alternate

Your question #10267 on Ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/10267

Cesare Tirabassi proposed the following answer:
>format partition 2 of IDE2

Sorry, too fast typing, thats partition 2 of IDE1 of course....

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