Tag: partition

  • Ubuntu deleted my Windows partition!

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    Tom Raftery
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    I installed Ubuntu (a Linux distro) on my Vaio a few months back and loved it. It was fast, it was stable and I felt I was achieving a certain amount of geeky street cred for using it! Then, more recently there was a new version of Ubuntu released – 7.10. I upgraded to 7.10…

  • Backup software for Vista?

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    Tom Raftery
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    I want to install a copy of Ubuntu on my laptop. However, when Vista was installed on it, a single partition was made of the hard drive so if I try to install Ubuntu now, it will overwrite the Vista partition (I assume, anyone knowing better, feel free to jump in!). I presume that what…