<div dir='auto'>The Ubuntu installer can do the partitioning, when you start it in a computer with Windows already installed. Try it, and if it does not work as you want, you can do it manually. <div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Just make sure you leave enough space for the Windows stuff, and do create a Swap partition at least the size of your RAM. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Donatas</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">2020-06-11 19:02 Bob <accessys@smart.net> rašė:<br type="attribution" /><blockquote class="quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr">
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too many issues with the old box not worth the $$ or hassles to untangle
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so she is buying a new box will have 500gb hard drive and comes with
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windows 10. using old keyboard, mouse, monitor.
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so should be a lot easier. she wants to have them function as two
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different machnes.. she has to use windows 10 for work so is stuck with
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that.
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should I partition with partition magic first.
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or use the windows 10 which will be installed from the source (with disk)
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and use it's partitioner, but will this allow linux to boot or somehow
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have to go thru windows.
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I have only ever done it with blanking the hard drive, using partition
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magic or other to make two partitions (suggestions as to sizes) and then
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load windows on one partition and kubuntu on other partition.
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thanks
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Bob
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On Thu, 21 May 2020, Dave Nelson (dave@dalek.zone) wrote:
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> Are you partitioning for Windows and Linux on the same drive, or Windows on
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> one drive and Linux on the other? In any case, you need to install Windows
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> first, as you said. If you want both operating systems on the same drive,
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> then you want to partition the drive before installing Windows, because
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> Windows will simply suggest using the entire drive. Only Ubuntu/Kubuntu gives
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> you the ability to partition any way you want.
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> HTH.
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> All the best,
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> Dave
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> On 2020-05-21 00:34, Bob wrote:
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>> been a while since I helped someone set up a computer to dual boot.
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>> brain is having a hard disk seek error
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>> I have partition magic (8.0)
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>> and Kubuntu 18.4 (which is what they want)
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>> they have their windoze disk.
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>> I know windoze has to go on first but is that before or after
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>> partitioning??
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>> thanks
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>> Bob<br>
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