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Help with dual-booting

Asked by James Carter

Hi there, I'm an ubuntu newbie,

I have successfully installed Ubuntu 9.10 onto my external hard drive and I think it's great :)

However, I have windows vista installed onto my internal hard drive and that's the reason I have ubuntu on my external,

I tried partitioning my internal hard drive and successfully shrank it down leaving unallocated space available,

I then restarted my computer and the boot screen left me with an error, meaning vista couldn't be loaded, so I had to use my recovery disk to reinstall it :(

So I eventually installed ubuntu on my external hard drive, this is great except for the fact I need to have the external hard drive plugged in to boot my computer even if I only want to go on windows,

Is there a way around this? Possibly by moving an ubuntu boot file onto my windows hard drive or something?

Thanks in advance

James

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Greg Beam (ki7mt) said : 		#1

Hi James,

There are lots of ways to accomplish what your after here. Here's a couple of links that you may find informative, and allow you to make the choice as to which way best suits your needs:

Screen cast Video Dual Boot: http://a36.video2.blip.tv/4190001964331/Ubuntuscreencasts-Ubuntu_Dual_Boot_Install509.ogv

Windows Dual-Boot How-To: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WindowsDualBoot

KE1HA

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