[ubuntu-uk] missing hard drive

norman silverstone norman at littletank.org
Sat May 4 12:46:48 UTC 2013


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> You have missed something. When it says "install alongside Windows",
> that does not say or mean or imply anything about *where* on which
> disk it's going to go. It just means it will leave Windows in place,
> possibly resizing it, and make a new partition for Ubuntu.
>
> If you want to pick where, you have to click the customise button and
> make your own. Surely you have done this before?

Part of my problem is that I just expect everything to happen without 
really understanding what is going on. You are correct in what you say 
and the lesson to be learnt from this episode is beware, if you have two 
hard drives, you must specify where you want the operating systems to go.

Norman



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