Installation after Windows

[Cody Smith]

This r really sounds like what happened to me on a Lenovo IdeaPad U400, the
issue turned out to be Windows 7 installing as MBR when the U400 is a UEFI
PC. You might want to check that.

--c_smith
On Feb 6, 2013 2:18 PM, "Volkan Gezer" <volkangezer at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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,
> >
> >
> >>
> >> ---
> >>
> >> Sent from a mobile device. Pl forgive brevity and typos.
> >>
> >> 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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