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09-09-2006, 03:54 PM
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Points: 52.34 Donate | | | If it werent for Counter Strike I would Be 100% Linux
Ok heres the deal....all this XP crap, its starting to get on my last nerves and I cant live with it anymore...Ive been meaning to install Ubuntu for a while just never got around to it....I have a lot of shit on my computer that io dont feel like loosing or backing up, so is there some way a can partition my drive and instlal Ubuntu with out losing all my shit....
also, i do have acsess to another hard drive that i can install, i just need to get some cables for it, so if anyone has experience of putting Ubuntu on a different druve that would be awesome too... |
09-09-2006, 03:59 PM
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Points: 8,737.69 Donate | | Well, ya can't partition a drive that already has a OS with a single partition on it (unless you made the partition before the OS was installed). You'd have to reformat and repartition and then reinstall Windows and Unbuntu on the two different partitions, but of course, that's not what ya want.
Yes, you could add another hard drive in. Just plug it in with the IDE (or SATA) cable (depending on your computer's specs), and then make sure to set your CMOS to boot on CDROM as the first booted drive. Put in the Ubuntu CD, load the setup, and choose the second hard drive as the OS location. Install, and enjoy. Your computer should automatically have a dual-boot hard drive setup in the MBR, so upon each bootup, a menu displaying either of the two hard drives will appear, which allows you to choose which you want to boot up to. Good luck!
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09-09-2006, 04:01 PM
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09-09-2006, 04:13 PM
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09-09-2006, 04:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Cody L.  Well, ya can't partition a drive that already has a OS with a single partition on it (unless you made the partition before the OS was installed). You'd have to reformat and repartition and then reinstall Windows and Unbuntu on the two different partitions, but of course, that's not what ya want.
Yes, you could add another hard drive in. Just plug it in with the IDE (or SATA) cable (depending on your computer's specs), and then make sure to set your CMOS to boot on CDROM as the first booted drive. Put in the Ubuntu CD, load the setup, and choose the second hard drive as the OS location. Install, and enjoy. Your computer should automatically have a dual-boot hard drive setup in the MBR, so upon each bootup, a menu displaying either of the two hard drives will appear, which allows you to choose which you want to boot up to. Good luck!
Btw, check out Hardware3D.com, dedicated to hardware news and help! | Ummm.... Sorry to burst your bubble Cody, but your actually wrong. Partition magic allows you to resize an existing partition (It doesn't like Windows Vista though) to any size you want, as long as you have that much free space. I have done the same thing Dave wants to do with partition magic, but I put on Redhat a long time ago. Heres a Link to partition magic's website. You do have to pay for it though |
09-09-2006, 04:44 PM
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Originally Posted by DesolataX Ummm.... Sorry to burst your bubble Cody, but your actually wrong. Partition magic allows you to resize an existing partition (It doesn't like Windows Vista though) to any size you want, as long as you have that much free space. I have done the same thing Dave wants to do with partition magic, but I put on Redhat a long time ago. Heres a Link to partition magic's website. You do have to pay for it though | I've known about this for years, but the thing is, the average person doesn't leave free space unpartitioned when they install Windows. If you do happen to have it... more power to ya.
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09-09-2006, 04:46 PM
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Points: 13.56 Donate | | | And if you don't feel like paying for Partition Magic, Just download Gparted. And Cody, You dont need any unpartitioned space, This resizes a partition to MAKE some unpartitioned space. |
09-09-2006, 04:51 PM
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Points: 52.34 Donate | | Ok, well im just gonna take cody's original advice and add a second HD. I did have a few questions annd stuff about adding the hard drive, and its all in this thread |
09-09-2006, 04:53 PM
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Originally Posted by The_Lead_Factor And if you don't feel like paying for Partition Magic, Just download Gparted. And Cody, You dont need any unpartitioned space, This resizes a partition to MAKE some unpartitioned space. | I must be out of date! This capability wasn't available in the versions released a few years ago. You guys are right, apparently.
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