dual boot?

[JareeB]

i want to have wind xp and udonto on the same hard drive how do i do this? or i have another hard drive could i switch between hard drives?

 

[aviation_man]

You can create another partition on the same HDD by going into Disk Management (See this for more instructions: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/309000)
Create a new partition with however much space you want, name the drive (unless it names it for you)Make sure you remember the name of the new partition, cause you wouldn't want to install an OS on a partition you didn't want it to be on.
When you create a new partition, format it using NTFS.
Say if you want to install XP, stick the CD in, boot off CD, and select the new partition you want it to be installed on.
Once the installation is complete and all, you will be able to access both OS's at the beginning, when you first startup your computer.

 

[JareeB]

You can create another partition on the same HDD by going into Disk Management (See this for more instructions: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/309000)
Create a new partition with however much space you want, name the drive (unless it names it for you)Make sure you remember the name of the new partition, cause you wouldn't want to install an OS on a partition you didn't want it to be on.
When you create a new partition, format it using NTFS.
Say if you want to install XP, stick the CD in, boot off CD, and select the new partition you want it to be installed on.
Once the installation is complete and all, you will be able to access both OS's at the beginning, when you first startup your computer.

sweet how big is the ubuntu installtion?

 

[aviation_man]

I'm not sure. It depends on what version that you're installing. What is it?

 

[JareeB]

i'm not sure. It depends on what version that you're installing. What is it?

9.04

 

[aviation_man]

Might help:
http://beginlinux.wordpress.com/2009/04/23/my-first-boot-of-ubuntu-904/

Disk Usage
The default install takes about 2.3 GB of space for the / directory. You will want to increase space for sure as there will be updates and programs you want to add.

 

[JareeB]

Might help:
http://beginlinux.wordpress.com/2009/04/23/my-first-boot-of-ubuntu-904/

shiz i only have like six gigs free

 

[dark_angel]

if you want to go an easier option and have the money you can buy another harddrive and install ubunto on to that and dual boot that way.

 

[JareeB]

if you want to go an easier option and have the money you can buy another harddrive and install ubunto on to that and dual boot that way.

well i have a 3gb hard drive thats not in use

 

[schw32m]

Here is a whole tutorial on doing dual boot.

Dual Boot

Now whether you have enough HD space to do this I can't say... Ive done it on an 8.4gig drive with space to spare.

 

[JareeB]

Here is a whole tutorial on doing dual boot.

Dual Boot

Now whether you have enough HD space to do this I can't say... Ive done it on an 8.4gig drive with space to spare.

ya i got it installed but the screen resolution is all messed up, so how do i change it

 

[aviation_man]

ya i got it installed but the screen resolution is all messed up, so how do i change it

On ubuntu?

 

[JareeB]

On ubuntu?

yup

 

[ScottALot]

Did you say you had a spare 3GB HDD? That's nothing. Go and save a good 75$ and get a 640GB WD Caviar Black or something... pshh... space shouldn't be an issue in this day and age.

 

[JareeB]

Did you say you had a spare 3GB HDD? That's nothing. Go and save a good 75$ and get a 640GB WD Caviar Black or something... pshh... space shouldn't be an issue in this day and age.

i have it installed, i need to fix the resolution

 

[JareeB]

thanks everyone for the help but i fixed the resolution problem