Installing Ubuntu

[debian]

On Fri, 2008-01-04 at 08:13 +0100, Nils Kassube wrote:
> debian wrote:
> > Heres something i recommend you do before repartitioning:
> > In windows, run the hard disk defragmenter. That way you will minimize
> > the chance of loosing data. If it tells you that defragmenting isnt
> > necessary, i recommend you do it anyway just in case.
> 
> Some months ago I followed that procedure on 2 Windows XP machines and on 
> both the Windows partition was damaged without hope for Windows to 
> recover. Of course it was damaged by resizing the partition with gparted 
> afterwards, not due to defragmenting. When that happened, I did some 
> research and found a forum entry somewhere which claimed that you should 
> NOT defragment an NTFS partition before installing Linux (sorry, can't 
> find that entry right now). 
idk, maybe not all of the drive was defragmented? (probably windows
being windows). ofcoarse it probably doesnt matter anyways, you still do
run the risk of loosing data. like i said, it will _minimize_ the chance
of loosing data, not eliminate it completely (wouldnt that be nice
though :) )

ofcoarse, we have wubi so therefore, unless you are using dialup or
hacking into someones internet connection, repartitioning isnt really
necessary

--cj