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how to run the partition editor and reformat the drive to fat or ntfs.??

Asked by zeldur

i'm trying to install windows xp, but i still want ubuntu, but i cant install xp. how can i install xp when ubuntu is using the whole harddrive ?

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Bogdan Bădic-Spătariu (thelad33) said : 		#1

From what I know it's hard to install Windows after you've already installed Ubuntu but there's a way. I had the same problem and I found a "how-to" to do this but found it to be too much of a hassle so I just backed up all my data and installed XP then partitioned the drive to be 70% Ubuntu 30% WinXp. Much easier than the alternative.

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zeldur (zeldur-mtb) said : 		#2

ok, thanks, but how do i install xp again and how do i make partitions on my harddrive?

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#3

1) - You must boot with Ubuntu install cd run gparted resize your ext3 partition to make free space ( it can take a lot of time, hours...)
Boot from Windows install cd and install it using free space.
Boot from Ubuntu live cd and restore Grub to have Grub choice at startup.

2) - You can install Windows and then Ubuntu ( the easiest way )

Hope this helps

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