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Originally Posted by sladden
Yes you are right. I am going to set up a dual-boot. So I will try to be a bit more explanatory.
I have 3 HD's.
1 is 160 GB. It is formatted NTFS and is used for file storage. (It is nearly full).
1 is 120 GB. It is formatted NTFS with Vista set up on it.
1 is 120 GB. It is formatted ext2. I plan on installing Ubuntu 10.10 on it.
I want to partition both 120 GB HD's to [50-Windows and 70-Files]. [50-Ubuntu and 70-Files].
I can NOT format the ext2 HD in Vista because Vista does not recognise 'Linux Format' 'FAT' 'ext2' or 'ext4'.
It does not recognise it as an 'Internal HD' or as an 'External HD'.
I want to access both 70 GB partitions from Windows and Linux.
So I need to know if by switching from Vista to Win7 I will be able to do it.
I hope that explains my problem in full.
If not. Please tell me what else you need to know.
Thank You.
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you will still not be able to format it to linux using win7. However since you said you want to install ubuntu on it, you can setup the partitions as part of the setup. or you can insert and boot to the live ubuntu and partition/format the drive in advance that way.