How to Dual Boot Windows XP and

Ubuntu
If you want to have access to both a Windows and Linux environment on your
computer, this guide will show you an easy way to have that using Windows XP
and Ubuntu.
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Insert the Ubuntu Installation CD into your CD-ROM Drive. It is assumed that
you already have Windows XP installed on your computer and that you have Ubuntu
Desktop Edition downloaded and burned onto a CD already
Restart your computer.
Press your BIOS/Setup key (Usually: F1, F2, ESC, or DEL key) while the
computer starts up to get into the BIOS.
Go to the screen where you can adjust the boot priority of your devices and
move the CD-ROM Drive up the priority list, by pressing the + key, so that it
comes before the Hard Drive entry as seen below.
Save & Exit out of the BIOS with the F10 key, your computer will restart.
On the Ubuntu Setup screen, hit Enter to Start or install Ubuntu.
Double-click Install on the Desktop.
Go through the installation wizard (if using Ubuntu 8.04 until you reach step 4).
Ubuntu 8.10 installs a dual-boot by default installation.
If using Ubuntu 8.04, then at step 4, select the first option, Guided - resize and you
can specify how much disk space you want the new partition to use as shown below.
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Continue through the rest of the steps and click Install on step 7.
Click Restart Now and remove the CD from CD-ROM drive.
Done!! Every time you start up your computer now you will be prompted to select
what operating system you want to start up through the GRUB Bootloader screen
as seen below.
If you dont have Ubuntu already, you can download Ubuntu Desktop
Edition from their site at this link: http://www.ubuntu.com/ and burn the
ISO image to a CD.
Before doing this defragmenting your hard drive is a good idea.
You can find out what key it is to enter into your BIOS by looking quickly
at the bottom of the first screen that is shown when you start up your
computer. If you have the manual that came with your computer it should
say in there what key it is as well.
You will notice Ubuntu has three different choices. The top one is the
normal Ubuntu mode, which you should use to get into Ubuntu. The
second is Ubuntu (recovery mode) which is used if you have to repair
the operating system. The third option is used for checking your memory
of system. The last option is your Windows XP installation.
Important: Backup your hard drive in case something goes wrong!
Windows XP already installed.
Ubuntu CD burned and ready for use
the ubuntu CD and Windows XP that you install in virtualbox
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