Appendix A. Dual-booting with Windows

Table of Contents

Introduction
Advantages of dual-booting
Disadvantages of dual-booting
Basic concepts
Summary
Hard disk partitions
The boot-loader
Planning your dual-boot configuration
Finding out about your current hard disk drive setup
Deciding what partitions to use
Setting up a dual-boot configuration
Customizing your dual-boot setup
Changing the boot menu timeout
Changing the default operating system to boot

This chapter provides instructions and tips on installing Ubuntu and Windows XP onto the same system.