Linux How To: Getting Windows Ready for Dual Boot

Sorry for the bad quality on this one guys. I'll make sure the install one is a bit better, you can get all this info at my blog in a lot of detail.

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Science & Technology

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• Linux
• Windows
• Install
• Dual
• Boot
• CoverlessTech
• Kubuntu
• Ubuntu

[poindextrox]

blog dont work?

[CoverlessTech]

I've been switching over some stuff. The new site should be up this weekend.

[nikkokyaw]

if i already have my hard disk partition as C AND D, ... is that ready for Linux? Do I still need to do shrink or something? My Pc is XP.

[CoverlessTech]

If you install on C or D you will erase everything on that partition.

It is a little harder in XP because XP doesn't have a built in partition tool like Vista does. You can download an ISO tool called GParted(google it), that will allow you to shrink a volume and create the "unallocated free space" that you need for dual booting.

[nikkokyaw]

kubuntu or Ubuntu.. when i google, the result show Kubuntu and Ubuntu... Both... which one is better and right? thank you so much

[CoverlessTech]

They are both right, Kubuntu uses KDE and Ubuntu uses GNOME. Right now I am using Mandriva as my main linux distribution and would actually suggest that. Installing is very similar to the way you install ubuntu and kubuntu.

[megastef920]

can i install it on D?

please answer quickly

[Becerra69ify]

if i install it in hard disk D, ¿can it read the information in hardisk C?

[acornty]

@bobpwnthee seriously this is happening to so many people yet i haven't seen one person who's had a fix :(

[BarbaitosHammand]

can i do this with an external hard drive

[bobpwnthee]

lol it says i have 0 mb available to shink, even tho 202 GB of my hard drive is free, help please?

[haloween101]

ok so how to i go from Linux to vista back and fourth????