Installation after Windows

[Volkan Gezer]

Hello,

Yes, like I said, I ran the chkdsk under windows, but Kubuntu
installation still cannot see my Windows 7. It shows that it would
create 4 partition by itself and nothing more.

-Volkan


2013/2/6 Volkan Gezer <volkangezer at gmail.com>:
> Hello,
>
>
> 2013/2/6 Tushar Rishabadas <tushar.rishabadas at gmail.com>:
>> If I understand correctly:
>> Host machine runs Windows 7
>> You had a VM running XP and tried to install Kubuntu over it using VirtualBox and it killed the XP install.
>> This is expected.
>
> Yes, this was one of my issues and solved.
>
>> When you install Kubuntu over Win7 with VirtualBox, it won't show you the Windows 7 partition. This is expected.
>> You will only be shown other virtual machines.
>
> No, for Windows 7 i am not using any VM. I wanted to install Kubuntu
> alongside with Windows 7, but like Cody said:
>
>>>It will if you install it directly to your HDD and choose " Install alongside windows 7" Kubuntu handles that >>nicely, but what you're describing suggests errors in the partitions, I'd suggest running disk check just in case.
>
> I ran chkdsk utility under Windows 7 and will try again. If everything
> is OK, I will post back.
>
> --
> My third question is (actually I posted this on kubuntu-users irc
> channel) changing brightness using Fn F2 and F3 and/or Power
> Management gadget in system tray. I used the LiveUSB and everything
> except for brightness change did not work. I checked this thread
> http://www.kubuntuforums.net/showthread.php?60349-cannot-control-screen-brightness-with-kubuntu-12-10-beta-2
> , but it did not solve my problem.
>
> I am using Samsung NP300V5A,
>
>
>>
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>>
>> On 06-Feb-2013, at 20:29, Volkan Gezer <volkangezer at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> Thank you for your answer. What about normal installation? It shows me
>>> a slider on disk configuration page and shows the other partitions,
>>> too, but not as Windows 7. I am afraid about if it will format the
>>> drive into ext4 without my confirmation. On Windows, currently I have
>>> a 640 GB HD and it is splitted into two (as C and D). Just sliding the
>>> slider will be enough to let it enable installation side by side? In
>>> other words, will Kubuntu only use the allocated disk space chosen by
>>> slider or will it also interfere with other partitions?
>>>
>>> -Volkan
>>>
>>> 2013/2/6 Cody Edwin Smith <cody.smith9202 at gmail.com>:
>>>> installing 2 operating systems in one virtual machine is impossible, can't
>>>> be done. reason being is the virtual machine is tailored for the operating
>>>> system you select when you make it.
>>>>
>>>> c_smith
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 5:25 AM, Volkan Gezer <volkangezer at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> 2013/2/6 O. Sinclair :
>>>>> 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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