He He, :-)

its like a new toy!

Mark

Wubi Installer Yes,

so bloody quick

are you up for some Q & A's later

Mark

Can you answer Q&A's on it though?

I have just got rid off a load of stuff off my laptop, so that I can concentrate on this.

Mark

I have read all of this

Dual booting Windows and Ubuntu
[Note]

You must choose the Manually edit partition table option.

There are a couple of extra steps involved partitioning for dual boot.

1.

Resizing existing the Windows partition.
2.

Creating the swap partition.
3.

Creating the root partition.
4.

Creating a seperate home partition.

After you've selected the Manually edit partition table option, you'll see the Partition Editor screen.

Partitioning does not occur until you finalize the installation, so you can decide to abort the installation at the very last minute if you require. After finalizing the installation, however, the hard disk will be re-partitioned and all existing data stored on it will be lost. Ensure that you have made and tested a backup copy of all important data.
Resizing

At the moment your hard drive space is all allocated to Windows. This space needs to be reduced to create space for Ubuntu.

You don't need a huge amount of space for Ubuntu. You will need enough space for the following:

1.

Root partition - where Ubuntu is installed. This should be at least 4GB.
2.

Home partition - where your files are kept.
3.

Swap partition - this need only be twice the size of your memory.

[Warning]

A hard disk can only have 4 primary partitions.

However you can create a logical partition instead. This allows another 2 extended partitions to be created within it.

Right click on the Windows partiton - it'll either be NTFS or Fat32. Select resize. You can now type in the new size or move the slider.
Swap space

Create a partiton to use as swap space. Swap space is used by the kernel as extra memory. You will need to make it doubled the size of your installed memory.

Click on the free space and select Create new partition. Select Logical, Swap and set the size to double your system memory.
Creating the root partition

The root partition is akin to the "C" drive in Windows. You will need at least 4GB, double if possible. This will allow you more space to install programs.

Select the remaining space (unless you want a home partition). Click Create new partition. Select Logical, Ext3 and set it to use the remaining space. Lastly enter the mount point as /.
Creating the home partition

This step is not necessary but will allow you to keep your settings and files in the event you reinstall Ubuntu. Set it up as you would the home partition but choose /home as the mount point.
Finalizing

Now that it is all configured, review your settings. Make sure you have a root and swap partition and that your Windows partition has a mount point so you can access it.

Trying to figure it out

/home/ubuntu/Link to Partitioning

file:///home/ubuntu/Desktop/Link%20to%20Partitioning

Mark

MAFI0Z IS RIGHT!
DON'T PARTITION JUST SO U CAN USE WUBI!
Seriously...
Don't kill windows....
Unless u want 2 (:

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