CAN IT MOVE OR NOT MOVE?

[Michael Falkenburg]

Leonard Chatagnier wrote:
> --- On Sun, 11/23/08, Michael Falkenburg <mandcfalk at verizon.net> wrote:
>
>   
>> From: Michael Falkenburg <mandcfalk at verizon.net>
>> Subject: CAN IT MOVE OR NOT MOVE?
>> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
>> Date: Sunday, November 23, 2008, 6:36 AM
>> Hello,
>>
>> Back when I installed Heron the question was asked if I
>> wanted to 
>> install from within Windows.
>> Ok, why not?
>> So time has continued, and now I'm running Ibex but
>> I'm(showing my 
>> "laziness")getting really tired of scrolling down
>> the Grub menu to XP, 
>> opening that, and then choosing Ubuntu.
>> I know it's only a matter of seconds, really, but you
>> know how it can be 
>> :-) .
>>
>> Here's the BIG question:
>>
>> Is it possible to move the Ubuntu folder O-U-T of Windows
>> (I'm not 
>> looking for drag-&-drop), so that when all is said and
>> done I can have 
>> Grub just showing 2 choices right from the get-go and both
>> will still 
>> work as they do now?
>>
>> Thanks-in-advance,
>>
>>     
> Hello Mascha,
> Why don't you just remove Ubuntu from windows(uninstall it) and install Ubuntu on its own partition. That seems the simplest thing to do to me. I suppose it's theoretically possible to copy Ubuntu to it's own partition from windows but you still have to create a partition for it in order to do so and I wouldn't know how to copy from one partition to another but the list seems to say it can be done with something like gparted.  Too complicated for me as I've never tried it. If space is not an issue, you could make several partitions of about 10-50 GB and have several ubuntu versions installed. Grub will most likely list the last version installed or the latest kernel one first in menu.lst.  Hope this makes sense and help you decide the best way. Personally, I have a 500 GB HDD and have created several 50 GB partitions containing Vista, Vista Recovery, 8.04.1 and 7.1  and a few empty partitions for Intrepid Ibex and whatever comes next. You can enjoy more
>  of Ubuntu this way and have a fallback in case you experience some of the Intrepid issues.
> Leonard Chatagnier
> lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net
>
>
>   
Hello Leonard,

But won't I lose the current settings if I uninstall Ubuntu?

Gparted I have used, but primarily for setting-up a box from scratch. 
I've never tried shuffling partitions around. But in this case, Ubuntu 
is within the XP partition, so shuffling might not be an option. It 
shows in XP as it's own folder. So, I guess what I'm looking for is to 
copy that folder, install it in it's own partition, and then delete that 
folder from XP. (and then defrag ;-) )

Still mulling this over,

Mischa