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Installing Ubuntu Partitions

Aug 26, 2010 3:19AM PDT

Hi,
I am currently installing ubuntu 10.04 on a pc, i have got to the partition part and i wondered wether if you give windows less does it delete files ?

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No
Aug 26, 2010 5:14AM PDT

If you chose shrink if will use free space.
If you chose overwrite it will overwrite be careful.

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Thanks
Aug 26, 2010 5:24AM PDT

Cheers mate I ended up using wubi and I am now running the awesome of Linux next to windows vista Silly

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Try
Aug 27, 2010 10:22AM PDT

Mandriva 2010.1 and you will never look back... Wink