Vista/XP/Ubuntu Partition Question...

[James Black]

I'm working on it right now. I am backing up the Windows recovery
partition before i wipe it. then i'm going to install the drivers for my
HDD so i can backlevel to XP. After re-installing the grub, i'll post my
results.

John Toliver wrote:
> Yes just look in synaptic for gparted and it should come up
> immediately.  At this point I really don't care for it too much
> because when it reads the drives it takes forever (~5 mins) to finish
> and then you can work.  The program layout is nice enough but it takes
> some getting used to...my point is you can get it easy enough.
>
> My other concern, and this is fresh in my mind, because I just
> finished configuring dual boot for XP and Gutsy on my T23.  Everyone,
> and I mean everyone I've talked to says you can't setup dual boot with
> XP being installed second.  XP needs to be installed first.  Then pop
> in a iive CD and ubuntu carves space out of the partitions afterward.
>
> I would love for someone to jump in and tell me I'm wrong.  I think
> it's ridiculous.  The comment above about "grub-install" from a live
> CD terminal seems promising though, if you've installed Gutsy first.
>
> After you have safely backed up your partition tell me how
> successfully Ubuntu recognizes your settings when you restore them.
>
> On Dec 26, 2007 12:31 AM, James Black < text4909 at gmail.com
> <mailto:text4909 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     thanx for the reply.
>     happy holidays
>
>     Derek Broughton wrote:
>     > James Black wrote:
>     >
>     >
>     >> want to downgrade to XP. But when i put the disc
>     >> in to run from it, i get an error message telling something
>     about the
>     >> HDD not being connected, check the cable. I did some google
>     research and
>     >> it seems the installation program isn't reading the HD. My
>     question is,
>     >> cant i use a linux application to remove/delete that partition?
>     I am
>     >> also looking forward to backing up my entire ubuntu before i do
>     this.
>     >>
>     >
>     > Certainly.  Any of the partitioning programs will do it - just
>     delete the
>     > partition and recreate it as FAT32 or NTFS (I suggest recreating
>     it only
>     > because I don't trust Windows to install _only_ into free space,
>     if it
>     > doesn't find a FAT/NTFS partition at the beginning of the drive).
>     > gparted/qtparted (depending whether you are using Gnome/KDE) are
>     simplest.
>     >
>     >> Another question on subject is, i'd be dual booting but installing
>     >> windows second. Will this be an issue? I ask because i read
>     somewhere
>     >> that the proper way to do it is install windows THEN linux.
>     >>
>     >
>     > It's not the "proper" way, just the simplest, because Windows
>     makes no
>     > attempt to preserve your ability to multi-boot.  However, when you
>     > installed Linux, it set up grub for you, so then you just need
>     to recreate
>     > your grub boot setup. Essentially boot from a LiveCD and issue
>     > a "grub-install" command from a terminal.  I don't remember the
>     exact
>     > command, but if you google in this group for my name and
>     "grub-install
>     > livecd" you should find the way I've done it before.
>     >
>
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