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Installing Ubuntu and keeping WinXp

Asked by megamegh

Hi, I have Windows Xp running on my machine with one primary partition. I want to install Ubuntu and keep XP so that i can dualboot. I have Partition Magic 8.0 and i was wondering if anyone can please give me a step by step process of partitioning my drive with this program to use Ubuntu. I'm very noobish in this field. Thank You!

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Bryan Quigley (bryanquigley) said : 		#1

If you will be installing from the Desktop / Live CD it can repartition your hard drive for you and set up all the necessay things to be able to boot Windows or Linux,

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megamegh (megamegh593) said : 		#2

so i dont need an extra partitioner? and my data wont be lost?

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Bryan Quigley (bryanquigley) said : 		#3

If you will be installing from the Desktop / Live CD it can repartition your hard drive for you and set up all the necessary things to be able to boot Windows or Linux,
Back up your data first!

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Bryan Quigley (bryanquigley) said : 		#4

Oops! Ubuntu comes with a partitioner. It should give you the option to resize your windows partition in the setup,

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megamegh (megamegh593) said : 		#5

so what ur saying is when i install ubuntu witha live cd it will give me the option to choose a partition size for my hard drive and it wont delete my data?

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Bryan Quigley (bryanquigley) said : 		#6

Yup..
 It's a little risky though. I suggest backing up your most important data.
(I've personally never seen it fail)

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Cesare Tirabassi (norsetto) said : 		#7

Have a look at this guide:

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

as well as this video:

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

And remember to backup your WinXP partition.

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megamegh (megamegh593) said : 		#8

Thank You for the advice!