UbuntuHelp:HowtoPartition
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If you are running Windows and would like to install Linux on your system, you must to free up some space on your hard drive to contain Linux. Changing the layout of your hard drive is called partitioning.
The Ubuntu installer's partitioner is one of the safest ways to partition a hard disk. However, do not use this as an excuse to not back up your important files. Always perform a backup before any partitioning operation.
The default setting for the Ubuntu partitioner is to delete everything on the first hard drive and start from scratch. If you want to preserve your Windows system, this is not what you want to do. What you need to do is create some free space.
- Boot the installer.
- Make your way to the partitioner.
- Instead of accepting the default, select manual editing of the partition table.
- Select the partition that you want to resize. Click Enter.
- Select the size field. Enter a smaller size and click Enter. Respond yes when asked if you want to change the partition table. You are shown some free space when the new partition table is displayed.
- From this point, select guided partitioning and the installer calculates everything else for you.
When trying to shrink your partition, if you are not offered the option to enter a smaller partition size, it is because the installer did not find a way to safely resize the partition. This may be because the partitioner thinks the disk is full, or corrupt, or has another problem it cannot resolve.
Partitioning an NTFS (Windows) partition is usually easy and straightforward. The Warty installer did not have this functionality, but the Hoary and later installers do.
