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| 431785 | 2006-02-18 00:53:00 | I have just received Ubuntu disks...an install disk and a live CD. I have tried the live disk and like what I see. However I need advice on the practicality of installing alongside Windows XP. My puter is a laptop HP ze 4315 30g on a single drive no partitions. 756MB of RAM about 18gig of free space on hard drive. Can this be done. I am on dialup as well if that is important. Any help would be appreciated Thanks Smurf |
smurf (6545) | ||
| 431786 | 2006-02-18 01:22:00 | Yes, Ubuntu can resize your existing drive and create a new partition. You can find a helpful guide here (wiki.ubuntu.com). It is pretty much follow your nose stuff, but the guide will prepare you for what sort of options you will see. Make sure your hard drive is fully defragmented before installing Ubuntu. Also it is important to backup any valuable data (eg photos, documents etc) before as extra security before attempting to partition the drive. What is the current file system of your XP installation - FAT32 or NTFS? If it is FAT32 then things will be straight forward, but if you have NTFS then you might want to consider making a small extra partition (say 3 gigs) and format it as FAT32. This small partition can be used to share files between the two OS's. Overall all, if you currently have 18 gigs free, then give 6 gigs to Ubuntu, 2-3 gigs for the new shared FAT32 partition which should leave XP with 10-11 gigs of free space still. |
Jen (38) | ||
| 431787 | 2006-02-18 02:02:00 | Thanks jen...that answered the question well. I have just one more..excuse my ignorance. Will Ubuntu also recognise my existing hardware eg modem etc and are some programmes such as Roxio compatible with Ubuntu..not that that would particularly matter if the Windows XP Home remains intact. Thanks Smurf |
smurf (6545) | ||
| 431788 | 2006-02-18 02:10:00 | Roxio will generally not be touched by Ubuntu. Most of the time Ubuntu will recognise MOST hardware bits. Though I tried it on an old 815 chipset based motherboard and it wouldnt detect me integrated network card. So, back to slax then |
bob_doe_nz (92) | ||
| 431789 | 2006-02-18 02:32:00 | ... are some programmes such as Roxio compatible with Ubuntu..not that that would particularly matter if the Windows XP Home remains intact ... Roxio is a Windows programme, so it doesn't work in Linux. There are various systems which run some Windows programmes, by providing equivalents to the Windows DLLs, but it's simplest to use the native CD writing software in Linux. :D Unix has been around for a lot longer than Windows; there are programmes to do everything. | Graham L (2) | ||
| 431790 | 2006-02-18 02:41:00 | Thank you Bob and Graham..... | smurf (6545) | ||
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