Hi
I wonder if it is possible to have both Ubuntu and Windows XP on the same computer and if how to configure it. the reason i ask is that i have tried before and then the ubuntu messed up xp and stoped it from booting.

thankful for help

Hi mate, please keep your language appropriate for a family site... Now that's out the way:

Installing Ubuntu on the same computer should be fine, it's very common to dual boot. You will need to partition your hard drive into three partitions, the NTFS partition for windows xp, the ext3/reiser/whatever filesystem you choose to use for linux and the swap partition for linux.

May I suggest reading this: Ubuntu Wiki: Dual booting.

Hope this helps

-Lebowski

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I'm so sorry. My english is not so good and it was the most describing word i could come up with.

I have several harddrives cant i just install ubuntu on a different one??

Sure you can, just select that drive during the installation.

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I don't want to talk about it
I don't want to hear no lip
Take your share don't shout about it
That's your lot remember you're a kid

thats what i did the last time and then i couldn't boot whit xp no more

if you want more information a message showed on the screen when i tried to boot xp and said something ( it was maybe a year ago so i don't remember it so well) like: "you can't boot becaus x is missing". The x thing was something ubuntu needed to boot, wich is strange because i tried to boot xp.

the reason i ask is that i dont whant to do it wrong again and have the same problem

Try to re-install it with the new version of ubuntu 7.10.

Hi!

X is the graphics... (like Windows used to be to DOS). If it is an old computer you might try with the ALTERNATIVE version of UBUNUTU, see Ubuntu Home Page | Ubuntu. That version doesn't contain the LIVE CD, so I suggest you download both versions, and try the LIVE CD first.

The same thing have happend to me a couple during the last decade (Red Hat 5-7 and Ubuntu 5.05 - 7.04)... I had to adjust the settings for the graphic card and then it worked fine. Try again and then use GOOGLE to find the solution for error you get.

You have a lot of help in the UBUNTU forums (also in Swedish at Ubuntu Sverige | Ubuntu Sverige). Visit the INSTALLATION and NEWBIE groups.

Good luck

/ Kim

well actually i don't need help anymore. was a week since my last post so i forgot to say that. and x was grub btw.