Hi all,
Please can someone provide some help/guidance. I want to turn my laptop into a dual-boot. It's an HP dv2058ea, it came with no installation disks, but has this recovery partition instead.
I've had a look on the forum and haven't come across a posting which I can follow completely. I'm concerned about what might happen if I need to reinstall XP or Kubuntu after turning it into a dual boot. I expect most of the issues are to with 'What if Windows XP goes wrong' rather than Kubuntu.
Here's what I think I've understood from the postings.
This is about as far as I've got, and now am a bit hesitant. This is what I think I'm supposed to do, but don't know how best to proceed to minimise any stress if I need to sort XP out later on.
I think that's the main idea, though I don't know the precautions/specifics/tips I should take/bear in mind to 'futureproof' it against reinstalling either XP/Kubuntu .... i.e. fixing one without affecting the other.
Thanks for any advice/help.
Ricky
Please can someone provide some help/guidance. I want to turn my laptop into a dual-boot. It's an HP dv2058ea, it came with no installation disks, but has this recovery partition instead.
I've had a look on the forum and haven't come across a posting which I can follow completely. I'm concerned about what might happen if I need to reinstall XP or Kubuntu after turning it into a dual boot. I expect most of the issues are to with 'What if Windows XP goes wrong' rather than Kubuntu.
- If I put Kubuntu on, will this stuff up the windows recovery software/recovery disks if windows needs to sort itself out?
- If I reinstall Windows XP, how will it affect Kubuntu?
Here's what I think I've understood from the postings.
- Degrag laptop: --- have defragged all drives, including the recovery partition.
- Burned Recovery DVDS and created restore points
- Get live DVDs: --- Downloaded, hash checked and burned(x4 speed) LiveDVD Dapper 6.061, also downloaded and burn Gparted liveCD.
- Kubuntu LiveDVD, boots and appears to run fine on the laptop.
This is about as far as I've got, and now am a bit hesitant. This is what I think I'm supposed to do, but don't know how best to proceed to minimise any stress if I need to sort XP out later on.
- I think I need to reduce the XP partition and leave the recovery partition alone
- In the remaining space I think I need at least 3 partitions, 1 for kubuntu, 1 for Linux swap partition and 1 to share data between XP and Linux, should I put in more?. I have no idea of what type of formatting is required or why.
- Boot the kubuntu liveDVD and install it to the partitioned space for it
I think that's the main idea, though I don't know the precautions/specifics/tips I should take/bear in mind to 'futureproof' it against reinstalling either XP/Kubuntu .... i.e. fixing one without affecting the other.
Thanks for any advice/help.
Ricky
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