Installing Ubuntu as 2nd OS

Fri Apr 18 19:10:47 UTC 2008

On Fri, 2008-04-18 at 13:51 -0500, Ilya Vishnyakov wrote:
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> I have a Dell laptop with Win Xp and 1 partition on it. This laptop
> has very valuable information for me, personally. I was wondering if
> will be able to install Ubuntu as second OS on my laptop, without
> reformatting the hard drive. I need to keep the data on it intact. 

Yes, you can decrease the size of the Windows partition during
installation. But you should create a backup copy of this valuable data
in any case. You can never rule out software errors or user mistakes.

Read https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WindowsDualBoot for the complete
instructions. 