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How can I install Ubuntu alongside Windows?

Yesterday I upgraded my PC internal storage. Now I have a 1 TB and a 500GB HDDs. I have installed windows 7 on 1TB HDD.  The C drive is 150GB, D is 382GB, E is 402GB and F is the 500GB HDD in which 465 GB is usable.

 

Now I want to install Ubuntu along side with windows (Not dual boot). I thought to install Ubuntu on the 500 GB HDD (The F drive). If I made the 1TB HDD as the primary boot drive then the PC will automatically boot to windows by default and if I wanted to boot to Ubuntu then I can choose the 500GB HDD in boot menu and then boot from it. Easy...

 

But the problem I am facing is, I only want to give Ubuntu 100 GB from 465GB and I want to use the rest of the 365 GB for keeping my files on windows. I don't want to give the rest of the 365 GB to Ubuntu because it will always be unutilized.

 

So, how can I do that. Because Ubuntu will format the entire 500GB HDD to other disk format (other than NTFS)  which is not supported by windows. 

 

Please help me.

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Why even bother with Linux?

 

Your profile pic is cute btw

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Just now, DrMacintosh said:

Why even bother with Linux?

 

Your profile pic is cute

Haha, thanksxD

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make separte partition and put it ubutu version u want

 

The problem is

 

When u installed win at ssd and linux at hdd

 

thre is a chance your mobo cant read linux and it wont show after mobo logo appear plus automatically pick win

 

So do some research on that

 

I just guide ez way and clean way without messing with win

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It is way easier to just create the partition on the 500GB HDD in windows, then run your Linux install, and select that new partition. After that it will set GRUB for boot, and will list Windows as a boot option. Set your boot drive as the one with Linux on it (and so GRUB), you can then edit the boot order in GRUB, so any timeout falls to Windows, but can select Linux from there.

 

EDIT: Also depending on your reasons for needing access to Linux, you could just either run up a VM in Windows or use BASH for Windows (I use the latter).

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43 minutes ago, GrayFox1991 said:

It is way easier to just create the partition on the 500GB HDD in windows, then run your Linux install,

It's been a long time since i installed Linux, but is't every distro have a tool to do this during installation? I dont remember having any kind of problems with it.

Sorry for bad Ingrish

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