ubuntu

[ioioio175]

im thinking about dual booting ubuntu and vista, the only thing that i am worried about is. will any of my stuff i have saved be deleted? because if it is i obviously wont install ubuntu

 

[Fed]

Not sure, it would be smart to back it up before messing around with anything.

 

[SuF]

It won't be as long as you install Ubuntu on its own partisan (or how ever you spell it... >_>).

 

[PublicityFtF]

Try this: http://wubi-installer.org/

It makes it really easy, and doesn't split partitions. You'll have all of your Ubuntu files on your c:\ - or whatever drive letter - partition, so there is minimal, if any, chance of curruption/deletion.

Wubi makes a transition a lot easier, and will aid you in your future Linux endeavors.

 

[Vergil_lived]

WUBI is a good solution.

Vista has a way to edit partition live while in the OS, you can use that shrink the partition you are currently using a bit and install ubuntu on that.

If you don't feel safe doing that I suggest wubi

 

[ioioio175]

thanks, i later noticed that i had a 10GB "recovery" hard drive so i formatted that and installed ubuntu and am successfully dual booting =]