Can i install windows xp and ubuntu on same partition?
Thundercleese asked:
I have windows xp installed on my computer and i want to install ubuntu using wubi. I hav lots of important data on my hard disk and i dont want to make a new partition. Can i install ubuntu in the same partition as windows?
12.25.08I have kubuntu and windows 2003 dual booted how do I add win XP?
electrongalaxy asked:
I have kubuntu with grub intalled and I have windows server 2003 installed I also want to add windows xp for programs that don’t run well in 2003.
this is my partition
[win2k3 100gb | kubuntu 48gb | kubuntu (swap I think)1gb]
So I want to carve out a partition for windows xp and have grub see it and everything. how do I proceed?
any details I left out let me know, thanks
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I installed Kubuntu Linux on my desktop on one partition, then installed XP SP2 on the other. How do I choose?
tylerzoran asked:
How do I select which OS to boot into? When I turn on the computer now, it boots automatically into Windows. Help!
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Can I set up a dual boot AFTER installing Linux and Windows XP?
alan_p_martin asked:
Hi people,
So I installed Ubuntu (Gutsy Gibbon) onto a different partition, keeping my Windows XP install and the rest of my files in tact. The trouble is I have no idea how to set up a dual boot (and currently have no internet connection for the PC in question…)
Is it possible to set up a dual boot after installing both, or is this something that needs to be done before? What do I need, and can I do this without an internet connection?
Currently it autoboots into Linux and I have no idea to get into Windows even if I needed to. 
Please help!
Additional details - okay, the big answer seems to be “no, you have to reinstall it” - my next question is how, exactly? How do I delete it, or how do I boot into XP to delete it, or do I just boot from the Gutsy Gibbon CD and do an install from there?
Any help appreciated.
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i have xp and ubuntu dualboot on my comp how do i get rid of the ubuntu partition safely?
paradisecustomise asked:
if i delete ubuntu’s partition and enlarge xp’s patiton back to par on my hardrive, will xp load on start up.
07.26.08How can I install XP and uninstall ubuntu?
Vrixton P asked:
I had Ubuntu. Only Ubuntu, not a dual boot or anything like that, it originally had XP, so I put in the recovery CD, and it seemed to work. But then when it restarted, it said “Invalid Partition” so now XP won’t open up.
I’m currently running my computer off the live CD, so what should I do? Install Ubuntu and then what? Or am I doing something wrong?
I’m completely lost
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im on a ubuntu off of the cd, where does it store the updates when i download them, so i can put themonmyjump?
Jessica C asked:
im running it off the cd, i want to put the updates on my jump drive.
i will when i get home yeah should be alot faster, i was just thinking i have dial up at home so it will take forever to download updates, where here it is highspeed, but i cant install it on my laptop cause i dnt have a partition for it, just my xp one.
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How can I run my ubuntu linux partition from with in windows xp?
daarcher_utep asked:
I want to run on windows but want the programming benefits that the terminal gives, i don’t really even need gnome. Cygwin does not work as well as I need it to but I am a moron so I might be doing something wrong but don’t know where, but thats not my question. Anyway is there a way to run at least the terminal in windows?
*Cygwin likes to give my my two word windows username which has a space but that is a no no in linux.
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i would like to install ubuntu on a brand new HDD?
Stone asked:
I have the installation disk for Ubuntu, now what? I want to run a dual boot system, so do I need any additional software? I have tried running the installation, but it seems my current HDD is already partitioned with “secure” areas that I can not delete to progress. i am buying a new HDD and will first install Windoze XP, but then want to continue with Ubuntu. I know I need a partition for XP, then Ubuntu, then a “swap” partition for my files that both systems will share. Any help would be appreciated!
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How to install extended partition in Ubuntu?
Yknihc asked:
Okay, I am running Ubuntu 6.10 off of the live cd. On my one hard drive (200GB) I have a partition for my XP, a Vista Partition and a HP recovery partition. Now with Ubuntu, it’s telling me I need to make 2 more partitions! One for the “/” and one as a swap. That makes a total of five, and when I try to do this, it says that I can only have 4 primary partitions. So, when I try to make my fourth partition, the extended and logical partition options were grayed out. (I was told you need to make a logical or extended partition to have more than 4). Plz. Help!
I have resized my main C: to have 20GB of free space. Space is not the problem, I’m wondering why it won’t let me make extended and logical partitions.
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