I have another one of my laptops running Xubuntu from a USB stick. I like it, a lot. I want to install it along side Windows XP for now. It has a 60 GB hard drive; plenty big for both. The Xubuntu installer does not give me the option of dual-booting. I can only replace Windows XP. I tried shrinking the XP partition in gparted, but it will only expand the current partition, not shrink it. There is a small 7 GB partition in addition to the 60 GB partition. gparted will allow me to expand into that second partition, but not shrink the current one.
Okay, so I boot back into Windows. Disk Management shows only the 60 GB partition and offers no way to shrink it. I did some Googling and found that if Ubuntu won't offer a dual-boot with Windows XP, you've likely exceeded your limit of four partitions, which does not apply to this computer.
Any ideas? I'd like to preserve the Windows XP installation. Thanks.
Okay, so I boot back into Windows. Disk Management shows only the 60 GB partition and offers no way to shrink it. I did some Googling and found that if Ubuntu won't offer a dual-boot with Windows XP, you've likely exceeded your limit of four partitions, which does not apply to this computer.
Any ideas? I'd like to preserve the Windows XP installation. Thanks.