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vicarious george · July 14th, 2007, 01:22 AM

Ok peoples, here's the deal:

Right now I have a 400GB HDD that is partitioned as follows:

75GB Vista Ultimate
75GB XP Home
250GB Files

I've only used about 100GB for my files, so I'm thinking about creating another partition (50GB or so for Ubuntu - I really want to try Beryl).

Can I do this? Right now, I'm dual-booting Vista and XP without issue, and am curious whether or not this will work. Will it show up as a third option in the boot menu? Or do I need a separate physical drive? Also, what are the chances that I mess something up with Windows?

Thanks for the help.

July 14th, 2007, 01:22 AM	#1 (permalink)
vicarious george Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: MA Posts: 617	Should I install Ubuntu? Ok peoples, here's the deal: Right now I have a 400GB HDD that is partitioned as follows: 75GB Vista Ultimate 75GB XP Home 250GB Files I've only used about 100GB for my files, so I'm thinking about creating another partition (50GB or so for Ubuntu - I really want to try Beryl). Can I do this? Right now, I'm dual-booting Vista and XP without issue, and am curious whether or not this will work. Will it show up as a third option in the boot menu? Or do I need a separate physical drive? Also, what are the chances that I mess something up with Windows? Thanks for the help. __________________ Intel E6600 w/ ASUS P5N-e SLI (OC: not yet) EVGA 8800GTS 320MB (OC: not yet) 2GB Crucial Ballistix PC2-8000 (2x1GB)