Thank you for “Linux User” for his very nice step by step answer in this link.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AokuQmBteAnNGAql3r_lXk4AAAAA;_ylv=3?qid=20071123144448AAj7PGv
But even though he is really telling it step by step, I still get confused. Maybe because I am new to linux and computer, or maybe im cant understand english very well, because im not the genuine user of the language. So im here to only asking him about my confuseness but if the other answerer also want to help me, im really proud.
This is his answer:
•yeah, it’s possible. It’s called a dual-boot. The Linux version I recommend you use is ubuntu. First I recommend you make some restore disks in case something goes wrong. (unlikely but possible)
1.Turn on your computer and wait for Vista to start.
2. Click the start button and RIGHT-CLICK “My Computer” Then click “Manage”
3.double-click “Disk Management” and it will show your hard drive.
4. Right-click your C drive and click “shrink.” It will then ask you how much you want to shrink it by. (Shrink it by the amount of space you want devoted to linux)
5. After you’ve shrunken the C drive, make a ubuntu alternate install CD. Make sure you use this iso and not the live CD:
http://mirror.cc.columbia.edu/pub/linux/…
6. Reboot your computer and boot from the ubuntu CD
7. Ubuntu setup will begin, follow the on screen instructions until it gets to the “partitioner”
8. When it gets to the partitioner, choose “manual” It will then show all of the partitions on your hard drive. Now choose the partition labeled “Free space” (This is the space you freed up in Vista.) Now choose “Automatically partition the free space”
9. Finally click “Finish partitioning and write changes to disk”
10. Now just follow the rest of the on screen instructions and you will have Vista and Ubuntu in a dual-boot
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I have Vista and Ubuntu in a dual-boot
First: I don’t know how to make restore disk, can you tell me how?
Second: You said >
“make a ubuntu alternate install CD. Make sure you use this iso and not the live CD:
http://mirror.cc.columbia.edu/pub/linux/…”
What is ISO and what is actually alternate install CD? And what is the live CD? And the differencess between both? Is the alternate install CD is the CD that we burned the program into it? Hope you can explain this.
Third: I have Acer Aspire 4710, the Ram is 1GB, and it is Centrino Duo laptop. But when I purchased the laptop, the seller didn’t give me any CD, even the Drivers CD. Maybe I was cheated by him. But since I bought it oversea I cant go back there and ask him the CDs. So I am not going to setup my laptop for one year until I get back to my homecountry, because I don’t think I can have the Driver CD that I need here, in Egypt. So the question is, after I installed the Linux, do I have to to enter the Driver CD as we do when we do the Setup to VISTA?
So, please I beg you to answer this seriously and carefully because you know that im going to pick your as the best answer. Thank you.
Note: I am using Windows VISTA right now. It is preinstalled when I buy it.
linux user:
you said: “not all computers came with driver cd.”
do you include in your words, laptop too?
ok, i finished download the ubuntu from the link that you have given. so now what should i do?
because you said i have to burn it into alternate install cd, and what i know is if i burn it into a cd, the cd will be called live cd. that is if i was not mistaken.
i need your suggestion, how much space that i need to free in the C to put linux in it? any idea?
right now i still want to use this way, maybe i’ll use wubi installer next time. but if i am not using the wubi installer, i mean using the previous way, do i need the driver cd? because im still not sure about the fact that my laptop came without its driver cd. my laptop is acer aspire 4710. centrino duo.
thank you.
linux user:
how many time it will take if i use the wubi installer?
linux user:
sorry for keep asking. i’ve viewed your profile. and you said “stop asking!”. it really make me feel shy. maybe this will be the last question.
can i just burn the file using the other program? because i dont want to download more, i mean to download imgburn. can i use the other burn program like nero or NTI? THANK YOU.
linux user:
i’ve changed my mind. now im installing wubi installer. and it still on process. after finished downloading it. what should i do? do i still need the ubuntu installed cd or not? the downloading is still running. it is right now 83%.
linux user:
can i use wubi installer for windows xp? because i want my friend to use it too.
i have ubuntu 6.0 in live cd. if i install it to my laptop (vista). will my computer support it? is it going to work?
Do you realy think that someone will spend like 15 minutes to read all this?
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buy windows xp and you can start fresh like it was new
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Yes, you can use the wubi installer in XP
I don’t know for sure if it will work on your laptop, but it should. If the live cd works, then installing it will work. A live cd doesn’t actually install unless you tell it to
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You don’t need a CD with the wubi installer. After the wubi installer is done, it will ask you to reboot your computer. When you reboot your computer, you will have 2 choices: “Windows Vista” and “Ubuntu”
Choose ubuntu and ubuntu will finish installing. Then you will have a dual boot with Vista and ubuntu
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REPLY:
Yes that includes laptops, don’t worry about the driver CD.
Just burn the file you downloaded to a CD with a program called imgburn:
http://www.imgburn.com/
Ubuntu needs a minimum of 4 GB to install
Don’t worry about the driver CD, you won’t need it.
The wubi installer will probably take about an hour. About 30 minutes to download the needed files and 20-30 to install
Yeah, you can use nero.
I just said imgburn because I wasn’t sure if you had nero.
And I don’t mind the questions, ask all you want
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Well the easiest and safest way to dual-boot is to use the Wubi installer. It will automatically create a dual-boot with your current OS.
Also, the wubi installer doesn’t actually create a partition, it just uses a virtual hard drive. So you won’t be making any major changes to your system.
Another advantage of using the wubi installer is that if you end up not liking Ubuntu, you can just remove it from the “Add or Remove programs” thing in Vista.
I recommend using the wubi installer, then if you like ubuntu enough you can install it over Vista or do a real dual-boot.
Here’s the link:
http://wubi-installer.org/
Now to answer your questions:
1. You can make a restore disk with Norton Ghost. Or if you have an HP computer, you may be able to get them from HP.
2. The alternate install CD does nothing but install Ubuntu. The Live CD loads into the RAM and lets you run ubuntu without actually installing it. An ISO is a CD IMAGE. Basically, it needs to be burned to a CD or mounted to work.
3. Not all computers come with driver CDs or restore disks, it depends on the manufacturer
Basically, the wubi installer is everything you need. You won’t need a driver CD, and you won’t have to reset up Vista.
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