Friday, March 8, 2013

How to use Partition Editor in the Ubuntu Installer

Tutorial on how to use the Ubuntu Manual Drive Partitioner (Something Else option on Ubuntu 11.04) provided in the Ubuntu system Installer. In this video I explain about drive partitioning and give an example of deleting an old Linux install, resize Windows partition, and explain what the other partitions on your harddrive might be. 2:48 Ubuntu Manual Partitioner 8:35 How to use GParted The Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) tend to leave a boot partition and a Windows recovery partition. FAT32 tends to be a small bootup partition NTFS is used for Windows and Windows backups I recommend using Ext4 for Ubuntu You'll also need a Linux Swap partition, which should be at least 1Gb, but its worth allocating more if you have enough harddrive space available. GPartEd Download: gparted.sourceforge.net

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