Install ubuntu next to Windows?

[Harry Putnam]

Nils Kassube <kassube at gmx.net> writes:

> elmo wrote:
>> I've been asked to install ubuntu in a computer that has a single hard
>> drive and I'm not sure how to start.   I know it preferrable to have a
>> separate hard drive but am not sure if installing in  a separate
>> partition on the single hard drive that already  has Windows  will do
>> the trick.  There's plenty of room on that single HD for another
>> partition or two.  An external HD is not an option.

Maybe consider installing ubuntu in a vmware running on that host?