dual boot?

[Sasha Tsykin]

Charlie England wrote:
> Please forgive the total neophyte question.
>
> I'd like to get my feet wet using ubuntu on a dual boot system with 
> Win XP. The wording of the help files leaves me with nagging fear that 
> even with partitioning, I might not preserve the windows 
> functionality.  If I follow the instructions at
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HowtoPartition?highlight=%28CategoryDocumentation%29 
>
>
> & accept defaults after that, does the install process preserve the 
> Windows partition & allow dual boot?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Charlie
The instructions would work, however, as they say, you should still 
backup your important files. Also, best use breezy and not dapper, as 
dapper is still in testing, and may have issues a newbie user can't solve.

Sasha