I think Wubi does that for you, i know it is on the new version of Ubuntu that is coming out next Thursday, although at this point you could go ahead and use it now. I believe it installs Ubuntu like it would any other program on Windows. This is probably the best way to go about it. <div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 12:51 PM, Ilya Vishnyakov <<a href="mailto:ivishnyakov@1stbasis.com" target="_blank">ivishnyakov@1stbasis.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="EN-US"> <div> Hello Lucky Ubuntu Users! 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. Thank you for your advice. Ilya. </div> </div> -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> </blockquote></div> -- Jim Rosser Winchester Designs