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   Subject: Dual boot Ubuntu + preloaded Vista   
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   I have a laptop with Vista Home preloaded.   
   I want to install Ubuntu 6.06 but keep my   
   Vista installation because I might want to   
   use Vista someday.   
   I wasn't given an actual Vista OS disk but   
   a recovery DVD.  This is my fault because   
   I was dumb enough to order without reading   
   carefully first so I cannot add/alter any   
   partitions within Vista.  This leaves me   
   with one big Vista partition and one small   
   recovery partition.   
   I want to use Gparted to partition during   
   the Ubuntu installation.  I have searched   
   many forums about this subject, some people   
   say you can't have a Vista partition reduced   
   or changed this way and have Vista boot up   
   again, some people say it is easy to do so.   
   Has anyone installed Ubuntu on a computer   
   with just one big partition set up for Vista   
   and Gparted/Installed Ubuntu there, and had   
   it work?   
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