Installing Ubuntu as 2nd OS

[Karl Larsen]

Ilya Vishnyakov wrote:
> Sounds reasonable, thanks.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com
> [mailto:ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Nils Kassube
> Sent: Friday, April 18, 2008 2:16 PM
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: Re: Installing Ubuntu as 2nd OS
>
> Ilya Vishnyakov wrote:
>   
>> I have a Dell laptop with Win Xp and 1 partition on it. This laptop
>>     
> has
>   
>> very valuable information for me, personally. I was wondering if will
>> be able to install Ubuntu as second OS on my laptop, without
>> reformatting the hard drive. I need to keep the data on it intact.
>>     
>
> There is no warranty that it will work without problems. While it worked
>
> for several people to resize XP partitions (me included), I had problems
>
> doing that on 2 machines. IMHO it is always risky to change the 
> partitioning of a hard disk. Therefore I would suggest to make a backup 
> of your valuable data to CD / DVD and check that you can restore the
> data 
> from the backup media. Furthermore, make sure you have your Windows
> CD/DVD 
> at hand in case you need to restore the Windows system.
>
>
> Nils
>
>   
    Also it will be smart to defragment your Windows before starting. If 
it has been a long time since you did this it will take a long time.

Karl


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