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DiskDrive has 4 partitions C: D: E: F: C: drive has Windows Xp and D: drive is completely free. How I can install UBUNTU 14.04 LTS on D: drive and which partition and mount type I should use ,so will my data lost on drive other E: and F:?

Swapnil
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This is an old quedtion but an answer was never accepted, and it misses an important point, it's possible to install Ubuntu alongside Windows in the Windows partition. Now I don't know if that includes a D drive or can only be done on the C drive but the Ubuntu install lives on the NTFS partition and (assuming sufficient free space) does not require any other partitioning.

Here's an interesting question where the user does not see this option and why/how to fix it.

Here is a great question with a very technical long answer,search for "alongside"

I am not certain this is an option any longer in Ubuntu 15 but for situations where Windows is on a logical partition it should be an option when installing Ubuntu 14.10.

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JimLohse
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You can't install Ubuntu on D: drive. The D: drive is just a partition that Windows calls D:. Get rid of the D: partition and make a partition with the ext4 filesystem for Ubuntu. Turn the D: drive into free space THEN make the ext4 filesystem with the free space.

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