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strategy to install ubuntu and dual-boot it with existing winxp

strategy to install ubuntu and dual-boot it with existing winxp

I have a laptop with winxp already installed on it, and I am considering what is the best strategy to install Ubuntu and dual-boot. I am familiar with the procedure to shrink the winxp partition and install Ubuntu on the second partition (as outlined here, I performed this a few times already). However, I am still not sure about the following problem:

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Guest [Entry]

"Can I, over time, shrink the Windows
partition and enlarge (leftward) the
Ubuntu partition?

Yes, use GParted.

Will it break grub2?

Nope. GParted will move it and resize it:

If I can resize the Ubuntu partition
leftward, then ultimately my goal is
to get rid of the winxp partition all
together. Will that be possible?

Yes. Delete the Windows partition with GParted Live, then expand your Linux volume to fill the space.

Are there any issues that I should
expect, like problems with
reconfiguring the hdd primary
partition or something like that?

When removing Windows you may still have an entry for it in the GRUB menu. It can be removed from grub.cfg."