installation question

[G.]

On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 9:35 AM, Gurus Knugum <gurus.knugum at gmail.com> wrote:
> Den 2010-09-03 16:20:14 skrev G.  <pegngaryubuntu at gmail.com>:
>
>> I have an HP G62 234 DX.  When I start installing Lucid it does not
>> give me the option to install Lucid side by side with windows 7.  SDA
>> 1-3 are ntfs and sda 4 is fat.   I need some advice on how to proceed.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> gary
>>
> How far in the installation process is this? Exactly what have you done?
>
> Are you talking about the first menu that appears when you just started
> your CD or have you already clicked Install and moved on a bit? Because
> you should first click Install (I don't know the exact words), then things
> starts to happen and after a while it asks for how you want your
> partitions. There should be a choice that allows you to install Ubuntu on
> a separate partition, leaving Windows (if you have Windows installed) on
> its current partition after shrinking the partition to make place for a
> new one to which it will install Ubuntu.
>
> You can also define your partitions manually which I think is a better
> option, unless you are an absolute beginner.
>
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>
> Johnny Rosenberg
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I was at the partition menu.  It did not allow for a side by side
installation.  My other option is partition manually.  Then it allows
you to choose either one of the partitions already available or new
partition, which would wipe the disk.

Thanks for replying!

gary