On Tue, 24 Mar 2009, Saifi Khan wrote: >> Hi Saifi, >> >> And how do I partition my drive? >> I have 160 gb hard drive and it has 130gb of free space >> how can partition it into 2 or 3 disks?? >> >> Thanks >> Raghu >>
>Request members with Linux partition knowledge and Ubuntu >installer to kindly share the best approach to create >partitions. The best practice before attempting to install any OS (including MS Windows). 1. Backup, Backup, Backup any data that is important to you - pen drive, USB hdd, DVD etc. 2. Resize the partition size of the "installed" OS using it's native tool (Vist), in XP - Partition Magic, or Gparted in the LiveCD mode. 3. Using gparted (LiveCD mode) create 3 distinct partitions from the remaining "free" space as follows: a) partition for / where the entire OS is installed (about 10GB) b) partition for swap used as swap file space by the OS (1-2GB) c) partition for /home where all user data is stored (the remainder of free space) If the OS install goes bad you simply reinstall on a) w/o touching b) and c) thus not overwriting your data. One should *never* give the OS installer the leeway to choose what disks to install on and how to carve up that disk. Especially, if you the other OS factory installed. Usually, most people do not understand disk partitioning concept and *fail* to follow the cardinal rule no. 1 above and end up overwriting the data. HTH -- Arun Khan
