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I've never installed Ubuntu (or any linux distro) on a hard drive before but now I want to install it on a partition and have a dual-boot setup with Windows 7 being on the C drive and Ubuntu on the other partition.

Will Ubuntu wipe the partition clean? Or can/will Ubuntu install without formatting it?

It's a 50GB partition, it doesn't have an OS installed on it but I have about 30GB's worth of data stored on it. Do I need to copy that data to a different drive temporarily then copy it back after Ubuntu is installed?

Thanks!

Lee48
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Given that setup, I would resize the existing partition with the data on it to be smaller, then install Ubuntu into a new partition in the new free space.

I think this would be less risk, and would allow Ubuntu to be installed on a more Linux friendly filesystem (EXT) than the existing Windows (NTFS/FAT) partition

matt
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I think that will be better to create another partition with those free 20GB. If I remember right, in installation process it ask you to format it (it isn't imperative I think).

Also, even not formatting it, it could overwrite your data so I suggest you to create another partition (20GB) or move the data elsewhere and install it in the 50GB partition formatting it.

Psyakz
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