Fw: Can anybody help me????

[Billie Walsh]

On 08/13/2008 DEEPESH KATKAR wrote:
>  Hello......I have just downloaded kubuntu upon my friend's
>  recommendation and wanna use this as an operating system. How ever my
>  desktop is also used by my bro who wants to keep Windows.........Can
>  anybody help me by explaining how can use both the systems???? My
>  friend also advised me that I can partition my HDD use both operating
>  systems. If so, how much disk space will be used??? please note that
>  I have following config for a pc...:
>  160 GB HDD
>  1 GB RAM
>  Intel Core 2 Duo 2 GHz processor
>  Windows XP OS
>
>  I shall really be thank ful for ur help. I am not so good at
>  computers but I m trying to learn a few things.
>
>  Best Regards
>
>  Deepesh Katkar

Simple answer is yes you can use both.

Most any CD burning software knows what to do with the ISO that you 
downloaded. So burn the disk. Put it in the CD drive and reboot your 
computer [ check the bios to make sure the computer will boot from the 
CD drive before the hard drive ]. You will be given a choice of whether 
you want to run Kubuntu from the CD [ can't save any work you do ], 
install Kubuntu, boot from the hard drive, or check the CD [ not a bad 
idea at this point ]. In a fresh install of this type I usually run from 
the CD then when it's up and running click on the install icon on the 
desktop. [ Why? - I don't know, I just do. ] After a couple pages of 
information the installer will give you a suggestion on how to install. 
Usually it does a pretty good job of choosing the sizes and partitions 
and I will just go with it. If you want to do something different 
there's an advanced button that takes you to another page where you can 
set it up your way. Once that's done it installs.

Once the installation is complete and the system reboots the first thing 
you will see after the POST is the Grub boot menu. This is where you 
choose which OS to run.

Have fun.

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