Unusable disk partition

[Liam Proven]

On 5 October 2014 08:05, Phil <phil_lor at bigpond.com> wrote:
> I did download the Ubuntu iso file and I can see that the Data partition (D:
> drive) contains two directories; the recycle bin and a system directory. I
> have copied those to the the Windows partition for retrieval later.

Oh dear. Those are Windows system folders. If you're deleting the
drive, you don't need them. But the C drive /already/ has copies of
them -- all Windows drives do -- and 2 copies is Bad News.

Delete the copies, ASAP.

> I'm not too keen on the Ubuntu desktop but I have instructions detailing how
> to replace it with KDE. I should have said that Kubuntu is not available
> from aarnet.
>
> Time to press the install button.
>
> I wonder how much space I should leave for the Data partition, 5 GB should
> be enough?


A Data drive is not a Windows feature. You don't need one. Just get
rid of it completely. It's your computer manufacturer being lazy.


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