by AzTweeter on Sat Apr 10, 2010 2:14 pm ([msg=38006]see Partitioning in XP[/msg])
Ok so, I'm trying to repartition my hard drive to run a dual boot with linux and XP. I know that gparted can partition a hard drive without losing any data. The problem is I can only find a linux version of Gparted so should i take my live cd of linux and boot from it, then load up gparted from the cd and do it that way? problem is that GParted is also a liveCD. Any ideas?
by sanddbox on Sat Apr 10, 2010 2:29 pm ([msg=38008]see Re: Partitioning in XP[/msg])
Alternatively, you could use wubi. Wubi basically installs Ubuntu for you and allows you to remove it the exact same way you uninstall any other program.
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by AzTweeter on Sat Apr 10, 2010 2:43 pm ([msg=38009]see Re: Partitioning in XP[/msg])
Thanks guys, I'll give Wubi a shot and see how it goes. I'd totally get rid of windows all togther except I have to have it for school (12 years out of school and back in college) Which doesn't make sense since my next class is working with various OS. Oh well, Thanks again guys.
by insomaniacal on Sat Apr 10, 2010 4:22 pm ([msg=38020]see Re: Partitioning in XP[/msg])
I personally try to steer people away from WUBI, since although it's in theory a relatively sound idea, there's been weird problems with it, that seem to be WUBI specific.
Rearranging the partitions using Gparted is probably the best way to go.
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by AzTweeter on Sat Apr 10, 2010 4:41 pm ([msg=38024]see Re: Partitioning in XP[/msg])
what's making gparted hard is that when i boot from the cd, and it loads, I can't find anything about resizing partitions so i'm trying to find some walkthroughs now