have AMD Athlon 64 CPU, Win XP 32 bit, want to install UBUNTU 11.04 64 bit on it's own hard drive D:, is that a problem?

I suggest you resize the NTFS and you can then install a true install. This will make it not get affected by the shortcomings of NTFS (mainly fragmentation which Linux doesn't suffer from). It will give you a better experience as well as being easier to fix if you get issues.

Thanks for the quick response. I don't understand your answer. All my drives are NTFS. I guess the question is really - will there be problems installing a 64 bit OS with a 32 bit OS. Since UBUNTU will be under Win XP.

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I suggest you resize the NTFS and you can then install a true install.
This will make it not get affected by the shortcomings of NTFS (mainly
fragmentation which Linux doesn't suffer from). It will give you a
better experience as well as being easier to fix if you get issues.

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you might also want to update to grub loader2. if not already installed. if it is then you might want to update it.

Thank you, that's basically what I was trying to find out. I guess I will install the UBUNTU 11.04 32 bit to keep everything compatible, and hopefully have a good duel boot system.

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Your question #161230 on Wubi changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/wubi/+question/161230

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Yes as Delance stated, you can run 64 bit Ubuntu (whether using Wubi or a direct install, Ubuntu boots completely separately from Windows).

I agree with other posters though - if you have a dedicated partition ( D: ) then you might as well do a proper dual boot. Wubi is good to try out Ubuntu: it doesn't require partitioning and it doesn't require a separate drive or partition to try out. It is more reliable for long term use to install direct.

thanks for all your help & advice. i do plan to install 11.04 64 bit on it's own hard drive (D:) & see what happens. I like the idea of a duel boot situation - fo now anyway. If it doesn't go well. I'll let you know.

Thanks delance, that solved my question.