[ubuntu-uk] Dual booting (Was: Re: Bug Day)

[James Milligan]

Thanks Mac - I'm just literally about to go to the install PC and install
Ubuntu (Studio) - I will follow your advice (shouldn't take long, there
isn't much on it).
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From: ubuntu-uk-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com
[mailto:ubuntu-uk-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Mac
Sent: 29 July 2008 18:51
To: British Ubuntu Talk
Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dual booting (Was: Re: Bug Day)

alan c wrote:
> James Milligan wrote:
> 
>> Also, can someone advise me on a Windows program that can partition 
>> my drive more effectively than the built-in one with Windows? I've 
>> got a ~300 GB HDD, 293 is registering (that's pretty much normal), 
>> I've got ~65 GB free, but can only create a new partition of 2GB 
>> (shrinking the main partition by 2GB, therefore expanding unused 
>> space).
> 
> I would be very suspicious about this. It may be that somehow there 
> are non movable items near the end of the drive, I do not know much 
> about that stuff. I did find one (only) drive which could not be 
> shrunk for some weird reason. Wubi would be ok for this case anyway, 
> but it is not very robust with power failures (or I guess forced power 
> downs).


Not sure what's going on with this drive, but isn't it generally a good idea
to defrag a WinXP drive before trying to install a dual boot? 
Might be a good idea to do that, James.

Mac


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