I have downloaded Partition Magic and would like to know how I open it.

Partition magic doesn't work in Ubuntu by default, and I'm not sure whether it works in wine.

But the Partition Magic CD's are bootable, so you can boot into Partition Magic and resize/create partitions.

Regards,

Wilco Baan Hofman

Partition Magic is a partition editor for Windows and does not run in Linux(ubuntu). Though we do have gparted which is very similar to PM. You can install it with the Synaptic Package Manager, or use the terminal and issue the following command.

sudo apt-get install gparted

It is accessible from System>Administration>GNOME Partition manager.

Best Regards,

Williamts99

How do I boot into Partition Magic and resize/create partitions. Also I
downloaded the program from the Internet and not the CD.

On 1/8/07, Wilco Baan Hofman <email address hidden> wrote:
>
> Your support request #3107 on nautilus in ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+ticket/3107
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> Wilco Baan Hofman proposed the following answer:
> Partition magic doesn't work in Ubuntu by default, and I'm not sure
> whether it works in wine.
>
> But the Partition Magic CD's are bootable, so you can boot into
> Partition Magic and resize/create partitions.
>
> Regards,
>
> Wilco Baan Hofman
>
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Thank you

Mendel Newman

Then you cannot use Partition Magic, try gparted instead, as WilliamsTs99 suggests.

I followed your instructions and would like to know what to do next?

On 1/8/07, williamts99 <email address hidden> wrote:
>
> Your support request #3107 on nautilus in ubuntu changed:
> https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+ticket/3107
>
> williamts99 proposed the following answer:
> Partition Magic is a partition editor for Windows and does not run in
> Linux(ubuntu). Though we do have gparted which is very similar to PM.
> You can install it with the Synaptic Package Manager, or use the
> terminal and issue the following command.
>
> sudo apt-get install gparted
>
> It is accessible from System>Administration>GNOME Partition manager.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Williamts99
>
> _______________________________________________________________________
> If this answers your request, please go to the following page to let us
> know that it is solved:
>
> https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+ticket/3107/+confirm?answer_id=1
>
> If you still need support, you can reply to this email or go to the
> following page to enter your feedback:
> https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+ticket/3107
>

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Thank you

Mendel Newman

I followed your instructions and would like to know what to do next?

You can rescale your partitions using the ubuntu desktop CD's gparted utility, then you can create a new partition where you can install windows. Be sure, however, to re-run grub-install, after the windows installation.

How do I create the new partition and how do install windows?

On 1/8/07, Wilco Baan Hofman <email address hidden> wrote:
>
> Your support request #3107 on nautilus in ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+ticket/3107
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> Wilco Baan Hofman proposed the following answer:
> You can rescale your partitions using the ubuntu desktop CD's gparted
> utility, then you can create a new partition where you can install
> windows. Be sure, however, to re-run grub-install, after the windows
> installation.
>
> _______________________________________________________________________
> If this answers your request, please go to the following page to let us
> know that it is solved:
>
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+ticket/3107/+confirm?answer_id=6
>
> If you still need support, you can reply to this email or go to the
> following page to enter your feedback:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+ticket/3107
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Thank you

Mendel Newman

It's common for people to run Ubuntu and Windows side by side on the same machine. It's more common for people to install Windows first, then install Ubuntu.

However it is possible to install Ubuntu and then install Windows afterwards, however, things are a little more complicated this way. The reason is that when you install Ubuntu it cleverly finds other operating
systems on the computer and creates a boot menu which allows you to select which operating system to boot. If you install Ubuntu first though it won't find Windows (or course) and if you then install Windows, it overwrites the boot menu that Ubuntu installs, so you then will not be able to boot to Ubuntu.

To fix this you have to re-install the ubuntu boot menu and configure it to allow you to boot to Windows or Ubuntu. It's a bit of a manual process but it isn't impossible.

There is a further complication. If you fully partitioned your disk and gave all the space over to Ubuntu with no free (unpartitioned) space for Windows then you will need to shrink the Ubuntu partition in order to make space for Windows to be installed.

There is a tool that you can install called gparted which allows you to shrink partitions which you can download, burn to CD and boot from.

So in summary here's a rough plan:-

* Backup everything important
* Download and burn gparted to CD then boot from it
* Shrink Ubuntu partition to make room for Windows
* Install Windows
* Recover the Ubuntu boot loader (see this page for the process:-
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RecoveringUbuntuAfterInstallingWindows )

Hope that helps.