How to Install Ubuntu 10.04 without formatting drive D.

[zer0svaughn]

hey guys, I need your help.. I want to install Ubuntu 10.04 on drive C, i'm a newbie when it comes to installation.. my files are on drive D.. so i don't want to format drive D during the installation of Ubuntu.. please assist me guys.. thanks..

[stlsaint]

You dont have to format your D drive at all. You dont even have to touch it. Now i hope you are referring to two seperate drives and not partitions! So if you are using two different drives than yes you dont have to touch drive D. Just partition of some space on drive C and install ubuntu there.

[mörgæs]

A couple of defrags in Windows is a good step before installing, and remember to leave enough empty space for Windows when partitioning.

[zer0svaughn]

for example look at my attachment.. if i erase and use entire disk, will it only be drive C that will be erased? or drive D will be erased too?

[gordintoronto]

The right end of the line which begins SCSI3, is a drop-down arrow. Click it, and if you have two hard drives, the second one will appear there.

By the way, Drive C and Drive D are MS-DOS terminology. In Linux, drives have names such as hda or sdb. When there's a number, (hda1) it refers to a partition.

[viralmeme]

for example look at my attachment.. if i erase and use entire disk, will it only be drive C that will be erased? or drive D will be erased too?

It looks like you are using VMware virtual disks, which is a `feature' of Windows 7. You best bet is to resize this `disk' using the Windows utility and then install Linux in the newly created space. Before that, could you post a screenshot of your current partition setup?

resize Windows 7 partition (http://www.partition-tool.com/resource/resize-partition-windows-7.htm)

resize virtual partition (http://www.partition-tool.com/resource/resize-virtual-hard-disk.htm)