testing partitions ?

[ANU DEV]

Acttually my laptop runs Windows only but another PC has Ubuntu breezy
only. If I download program packages from the internet to test and run
does it need a  special partition to test a program ? Is testing done
as root or superuser  ? I have data in the ubuntu PC which I dont want
to lose if it crashes while testing. Can someone help explain this
please.

>
> Anu:
> OK, so this laptop is going to be pure Ubuntu. Assuming that there is
> nothing on the hard drive that you want to save, just set your BIOS to
> boot from the CD drive, put the Ubuntu install CD in the drive and
> follow the on-screen directions. Ubuntu will handle the partitioning and
> formatting for you.
>
> -- cmg
>
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