<font size="2"><font face="trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><br></font></font><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 5:38 PM, Nils Kassube <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kassube@gmx.net">kassube@gmx.net</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="im">Gryllida wrote:<br> > where I can install Ubuntu... Maybe I could shrink the existing<br> > partition, but that's quite dangerous - will XP boot from it again<br> > then?<br> <br> </div>If you fear for your XP partition (I can understand it), you could<br> install Ubuntu "within Windows" like it is explained here:<br> <<a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Wubi" target="_blank">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Wubi</a>><br> <br> <br> Nils<br> <font color="#888888"><br> --<br> </font><div><div></div><div class="h5">sounder mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:sounder@lists.ubuntu.com">sounder@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/sounder" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/sounder</a><br> </div></div></blockquote></div><br><br>Thanks, but I am planning to install Ubuntu alongside (independently). The main question is the precaution actions I should do. For example, to de-fragment the disk prior to installation. Anything else?<br> <br>