Miguel, THis can be worked out likely.What is the size of your hard disk?What was the last funtional version of Ubuntu installed. MarvS On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 9:02 AM, Miguel Perez <Miguel.Perez@xxxxxxxx> wrote:> Formerly, I installed a version of Ubuntu, today expired. I had not done> partition.>> Some days ago, I tried to install Windows XP, so, afterwards to install the> last version the Ubuntu 8.04. But the W did not work.>> I did not know to do. I got the last version of Ubuntu, the Ubuntu> 8.o4.1desktop-i386iso and tried to install with a CD, but the machine was> blocked. Both hardwares were mixed. The version of Ubuntu was not> recognized, and, with W, only worked the first steps, because was detected> other hardware.>> I think that there is not solution. Only when I start the machine, if I> click in ESC, it appears in the screen a menu with three options, the third> is Memtest86+v1.60. I think the programme is checking and it appears the> characteristic of the machine:>> Athlon XP (018) 166 Mhz> L1 caché 128K 9058 MB/s> l2 caché 256K 351 MB/s> Memory 256 M 359 MB/s> chipset VIA kt266/ kt333>> I don't know if the machine is checking and the length of time.>> Any solution? Thanks.>>> -----Mensaje original-----> De: Marvin Stodolsky [mailto:marvin.stodolsky@xxxxxxxxx]> Enviado el: martes, 30 de septiembre de 2008 17:52> Para: Miguel Perez> Asunto: Re: Very Important>>> Is necessary to do a partition before Ubuntu's installation> It is advisable to do a complete defragmentation, and a few times> until there is no further improvement.> If there is enough space to shorten the Win partition and make room> during the Linux partition, this can be done during the Ubuntu> install.>> If your PC is a box rather than a laptop, it is probably simplest to> install a second drive for the Ubuntu install. For a cost of some> 20-40 EU , this simplifies many potential problems.>> MarvS>>> On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 8:38 AM, Miguel Perez <Miguel.Perez@xxxxxxxx> wrote:>> Is necessary to do a partition before Ubuntu's installation if one wants> to>> have two operating systems?>> Thanks.>>>>>>
