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I'm an Ubuntu newbie and I tried so far Ubuntu 22.04 LTS on an old notebook, it works properly. So, I have some basic skills now :-)

Now, I want to remove Win 10 from my "main" PC and change to Ubuntu. It has 1 HDD (1 TB) and a small SSD (12 GB). The HDD was partioned to C: and D:, where on C all programs including Win10 are installed, while on D - alls documents, videos, pictures etc. Both partions - NTFS. On the SSD I saved some backups (emails etc.), also NTFS. I want to keep the content of the present D: partion available to Ubuntu. Q: Should I install Ubuntu to the 12 GB SSD and merge the partions C and D of the HDD? If doing so, how can I access then in Ubuntu the files of the HDD?

Thanks in anticipation!

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Juergen H.
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When you boot from your USB device choose 'Try Ubuntu'. Try if all your hardware works properly.

If so, with GParted you can delete the Windows partition ( what Windows called 'C' . So it becomes unallocated space. Then during installation you can choose 'something else' when asked how you want to install Ubuntu. Choose the unallocated space to install on to. And then make an EXT4 partition for your Ubuntu installation. Then install it to that partition. Don't touch the rest of the partitions. Leave them NTFS, as Ubuntu can read and write to them. No problem whatsoever. Mounting them nowadays is just a question of clicking on them. Easy.

You cannot install Ubuntu to the 12 GB SSD as it is to small. You need a minimum of 25 GB ( and that is small when you keep your documents, music , videos and downloads etc. in the same partition). There are other distributions that can install to the 12 GB SSD, but the official Ubuntu family/flavours needs more space.

As always, have backups of your important files. Preferably more than one, on another disk(s) ( USB-HDD for example )/in another location (your parents/brother/sisters house/work ( my computers and my backups were stolen once by burglars )).

Joepie Es
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