James

The Ubuntu installer will handle that for you. Just make absolutely sure
you pick the correct drive. As always, it can never hurt to have a backup
of your data. At some point in the Ubuntu installation there's a choice of
how you want to partition the drive. If you have a complete bare drive, you
can just choose the "Guided" one that has "Full Disk" in it. I forget the
exact terminology. But you don't want to make a mistake on which drive you
select, obviously.


"Harry Krause" <harry.krause@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:u3XUoZLkHHA.1340@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> James wrote:
>> What I would do:
>>
>> 1.) Move your data as described to free up the drive.
>> 2.) Insert Ubuntu CD.
>> 3.) Go into BIOS, change boot order to boot off of CD first.
>> 4.) Install Ubuntu on the formatted drive.
>> 5.) Reboot.
>>
>> It should provide you with an options list of which to boot into at this
>> point.
>>
>> "Harry Krause" <harry.krause@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:uVg7oELkHHA.744@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>> ...from startup into either VISTA Ultimate or Ubuntu, what would I have
>>> to do?
>>>
>>> At the moment, I have only VISTA installed on my computer.
>>>
>>> I have three hard drives:
>>>
>>> C, for VISTA and programs.
>>>
>>> D, for data storage.
>>>
>>> E, for storage of large files.
>>>
>>>
>>> I can easily move the data I have on D to E, leaving me
>>> a D drive that's empty for all intents and purposes.
>>>
>>> Assuming that is what I want to do, and that I have a Ubuntu
>>> CD,
>>>
>>> what precisely do I do to set up Ubuntu and NOT mess up my VISTA setup
>>> and be able to boot at start up into either?
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
> If I move the data off the drive, is there some sort of repartitioning or
> reformatting I have to do on the now empty drive?
>