How to install ubuntu along with windows 8 on my laptop ?

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2017-02-04

saw this video : steps look pretty easy

The thing I want to confirm is will my old files on the current windows 8 os stay as it or is there a chance of the getting deleted ???

thanks.

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bluewine

2017-02-04

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BlackMail Back ?

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blackmail

2017-02-04

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mai gya hi kb tha

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yourwish

2017-02-04

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It ll dont worry everything ll be safed but follw the instruction clearly

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blackmail

2017-02-04

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are you sure bro ??
I have a huge amount of data that i cannot backup ; don’twant to lose it either

@DealSeeker

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yourwish

2017-02-04

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Why you wish to install ubuntu?

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blackmail

2017-02-04

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any version thatcan handle chrome properly
and play movies if possible

the laptop has 4gb ram and an amd e1 processor
still even watching video on 480p is not possible

some fucking services like nsgpuminer.exe shoo up the cpu and memory usage to 100%

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Topsey

2017-02-04

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If there a re two partitions…….say C and D
The partition in which windows is installed ,let it be C.
Then install Ubuntu in D but it will erase every data on D but not necessarily on C.
And if it has 3-4 partitions then keep the remaining files on any other drive and then install ubuntu on any partition.
But the partition on which ubuntu will be installed will be erased conpletely.

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dev007

2017-02-04

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Cannot see the video you shared, but there is an option with ubuntu asking you to choose options to install in which there will be one option in the similar lines of “install along side windows” this option will not remove any of your windows files.
Hope you have gone through the below URL:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WindowsDu...ot

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blackmail

2017-02-04

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yes but it asks me the partition on which I want to install linux
I have three partitions on the laptop
the c partition on which windows is installed
the d on which one key recovery data is installed
and the largest g drive in which all my data is present

I guess like dealseeker said messing with the partition or installing a new os might corrupt the entire partition

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getready

2017-02-04

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If u are that concerned use wubi installer for installing/uninstalling ubuntu
Although wubi got discontinued long back there are few working ones

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typhoon

2017-02-04

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@blackmail agar tuzhe spped hi chahiye to XP daal le Dual boot m.

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shoaibmax

2017-02-04

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Don’t worry about your Files. I installed Ubuntu Via Bootable Usb and it made a separate partition for itself. ( It shrinked one of the partitions )
After removing ubuntu my Windows PC has 5 Drives.
Things you’ll love about Ubuntu.

Faster than any version of Windows.
Almost Double Battery Life.
No Virus… and many more…
I removed it because I got tired of Opening Terminal and writing commands every now and then

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panchabhut

2017-02-04

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if you only want to run chrome, why bother with installing ubuntu at all. just make a bootable ubuntu/xubuntu usb pen drive in persistence mode (you will need to make 2 ext3 partitions in the pendrive and name them “home-rw” and “casper-rw” first). install chrome on the bootable instance and enjoy. further, you can also mount the existing windows partitions also in the bootable instance.

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blackmail

2017-02-04

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but isn’t access time for usb 2. 0 drives much slower than the hard disk

don’t want to bottleneck the dead laptop any further

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Jagadeesh.vj

2017-02-05

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Instead of ubantu…you can try cent os, which had good GUI and performance & for installation…I suggest you…try dual boot by installing c drive only because of only 1 data drive available. be careful while doing partitions.

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good_virus

2017-02-06

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Centos not suggested over Ubuntu for a normal user. It’s a server os and use more resources.

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apk5

2017-02-20

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Ubuntu uses different file system you have to format the drive into ext4/ext3 which means whichever drive you chose for Ubuntu installation will no longer show in windows system plus the chosen drive will be formatted.