installing Ubuntu

[Tim M]

On 10/13/07, Charlie Kravetz <cjk at teamcharliesangels.com> wrote:
>
> On Sat, 2007-10-13 at 16:15 -0700, Steve Grace wrote:
> > On Sat, 2007-10-13 at 18:59 +0200, Nils Kassube wrote:
> > > Steve Grace wrote:
> > > > Assuming a "typical" installation with just a C:\ partition, one way
> of
> > > > doing this is to defragment your Windows partition and then reduce
> the
> > > > partition's size (there's a Windows utility to do that). You can
> then
> > > > install Ubuntu in the empty space. You could also do what I did and
> add
> > > > a second hard disk for Ubuntu.
> > >
> > > Can you tell me more about that Windows utility to resize partitions?
> Is
> > > it included with Windows XP? Recently I have installed Kubuntu on 2
> PCs
> > > of a friend. Both were defragmented, but I tried to resize the
> partition
> > > with gparted. On both PCs resizing failed and Windows didn't boot any
> > > longer. We decided to forget Windows and use only Kubuntu. Anyway,
> maybe
> > > next time someone really wants to keep Windows and not reinstall it.
> > > Therefore it would be nice to know about that utility. I couldn't find
> it
> > > on my XP machine.
> >
> > It's called Computer Management. On my computer, I get to it from Start
> > > Control Panels > Administrative Tools > Computer Management (I also
> > have the Administrative Tools menu directly on my Start menu).
> >
> > In the Computer Management application, select the Storage section, then
> > Disk Management.
> >
> Sorry about breaking into the thread, but I lost the start of this.
> According to "Microsoft Windows XP Inside Out, 2nd Ed.", if you can't
> get to this in the menu, you can use any command prompt by typing:
> 'diskmgmt.msc' without the quotes, of course.
>
> Hope this helps, maybe even just a little bit?
>
>
> --
> Charlie Kravetz
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> Linux Registered User Number 425914
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Hard drives are so cheap that I would never risk putting both OS on the same
one. But then I don't know much about either operating system. tm
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