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new installation on an pc without os, i want to install Win and Ubuntu which os is to be installed as first os on pc

Asked by vinayagam

Hai, I'm from Chennai, India. I bought a new computer P-IV, 3.1 Ghz, with 250 GB HDD & 512 MB RAM. hard disk is now blank & new. i want to have Ubuntu 10.10 & Win XP. which OS have to install first, if i want to have dual OS. please explain with reasons if possible.

Tks,
Vinayagam

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mycae (mycae) said : 		#1

I recommend installing windows first, and ubuntu second, as windows does not respect the bootloaders of other operating systems. You may want to limit the amount of drive space you use for your windows install during setup, in order to leave space for your ubuntu install

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vinayagam (sumevin) said : 		#2

hai,
thank you for the guidance. if you can help me furtehr, kindly let me know how much can allocate for windows and how much for ubuntu. while installing ubuntu, it asks whether to install side by side or choose your self manually. which option should i prefer?

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Best delance (olivier-delance) said : 		#3

Choose "side by side". So the process is automatic.
For size of Windows and Ubuntu partition, it's to you to choose. Simply remind that Windows can't read Ubuntu's partition, but Ubuntu can read and write into Windows partitions.
For Ubuntu, use at least 8GB.

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vinayagam (sumevin) said : 		#4

hai,
thank you very much. kindly let me know which file system can i opt for. FAT32 or NTFS?

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delance (olivier-delance) said : 		#5

For Windows, opt for NTFS, FAT32 is a very old file system designed for floppy disk: not fast, not very reliable.
For Ubuntu, use ext4.

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vinayagam (sumevin) said : 		#6

Hai,

thank you very much for the valuable guidance. i hope i can proceed with this. one last querry, if i choose ubuntu installation as "side by side" after installing win xp under NTFS file system, then also will ubuntu ask for its own file system or will it proceed with NTFS.

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Vinayagam Sume

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> delance posted a new comment:
> For Windows, opt for NTFS, FAT32 is a very old file system designed
> for floppy disk: not fast, not very reliable.
> For Ubuntu, use ext4.
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