Installation after Windows

[Volkan Gezer]

Hello,

2013/2/6 O. Sinclair <o.sinclair at gmail.com>:
> On 05/02/2013 22:39, Volkan Gezer wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I wanted to test Kubuntu installation with a Windows installed
>> VirtualBox, but I noticed that it did not see the Windows XP
>> installation and even did not get any confirmation to format the
>> drive! Since it was a virtualbox I completed the installation to see
>> if the old windows files would exist, but they did not!
>>
>> My second try was with my laptop and I am using Windows 7 on my
>> another laptop. I chose install from ubiquity and went to the disk
>> configuration page... Now there was a slider to adjust the disk usage
>> by Kubuntu, but it did not show the name of Windows 7 and even I had
>> another operating system.
>>
>> If the disk is completely formatted by Windows, wouldnt ubiquity show
>> any options to install side by side? I think this is very hard for new
>> users to understand and very easy to lose their data.
>>
> If I understand you correct you want to install Kubuntu on a WindowsPC using
> Virtualbox? In that case the virtualbox installation will be totally unaware
> of the environment it is installed in and no existing windows will show up
> during installation.
>

Thank you for your mail.
No, I installed Windows XP on VirtualBox, then also wanted to install
Kubuntu into the same VirtualBox to see if Kubuntu installation would
see XP and let me adjust the settings.

-Volkan

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