Sep 9, 2013 · I'd like to see the full How-To on how to use manual partitioning during Ubuntu installation. The existing guides (at least those I found here) cover only automatic part and …

Aug 16, 2024 · I would like to use the same "default" partitioning the installer would have used if I had chosen "Erase disk and install Ubuntu", but only for the aforementioned part of the disk. I …

Sep 15, 2020 · In this tutorial we will use DISKPART to convert an MBR disk to GPT, partition the disk following Microsoft's guidelines, and install two operating systems on it (we'll cover single …

Nov 23, 2023 · We also ditched a swap partition years ago in favor of a swap file. No need for /opt/; just install 3rd party to your 2nd disk. The cloud method is the most used versions …

May 9, 2025 · It only changes the disk type, you still have to create a single MSR partition which can stay the minimum size of 16 MB. Windows doesn't care about the exact order of the …

Nov 12, 2025 · How to Check if Disk is MBR or GPT in Windows GPT (GUID Partition Table) and MBR (Master Boot Record) are two different partition styles that can be used for a disk. MBR …

May 1, 2020 · It is best to install Windows first, it will create partitions and you can use Windows disk manager to shrink Windows and create space for Ubuntu. You can use GParted on a Live …

Feb 5, 2015 · The rest of the disk (-10%) can be given to a data partition formatted to NTFS from gparted See note below so that you arrive at the following lay-out: Then: Install Windows …

Before you decide on partitioning schemes it might help to actually understand the reasons for splitting various parts of the linux. Firstly multiple partitions are 'safer' since if one filesystem is …

The good thing about Ubuntu is you really don't need to worry about disk partitions. If you are a normal user, and from your description, you are, you can go with the defaults quite happily, …