I currently have a C: drive with Windows, that I'd like to leave untouched and a D: drive with ~130GB of free space and some music/movies.
If I shrink the D: drive in Windows and leave, lets say, 60GB unallocated, will choosing the 'Install Ubuntu alongside Windows 7' grab this unallocated space and install everything that is needed there?
Do I have to create those swap and root partitions I keep reading about manually? If so, when and how?
Thank you.
No it will not use unallocated space.
It will use the space that is already partitioned and used by Windows. It'll also provide a very easy to use interface to determine how much space will be left for Windows and now much space will be used for Linux. The interface is a GUI with a slider to choose how the space would be divided.
The procedure will then create an extended partition of the space you choose to give to Linux and create a two partitions, one for the Ubuntu installation and one for the swap space.
If you want to use the unpartitioned space you would have to use the Something Else option and do it manually. While not as seamless, the manual option is also very easy with a GUI environment for the work.
