Yes it is a different version

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On Oct 17, 2009, at 4:25 PM, Mike Stansberry <mjstansberry at qwest.net>  
wrote:

> William Douglas wrote:
>> Andy,
>> In order to properly install dual boot with XP and Ubuntu you need  
>> to  split the hard drive using a partition utility and then format  
>> the  empty partition as FAT32 to install ubuntu to it. Ubuntu  
>> cannot set up  on a NTFS drive which is XP's default file structure.
>
> I set up Ubuntu as a dual boot system on a new laptop that
> came with Vista.
>
> Ubuntu set up just fine  and the drive is, of course, NTFS.
> I let Ubuntu partition the drive, selecting the sizes I wanted for  
> both systems and it worked fine.  I can't imagine the NTFS on an XP  
> computer is different but who knows?
>
> 73, Mike, K0TER

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