If you’re thinking of installing Ubuntu on a hard disk that has Windows on it, Ubuntu can shrink
the Windows partition to make space (provided you have enough free space; see Chapter 4 for
details).
Simply select the top option in the menu, which should read something like “Resize IDE1
master, partition #1 (hda1) and use freed space,” as shown in the picture below (what you see may vary
slightly from this).
Following this, you’ll be prompted to type in a new size for the Windows partition. Ubuntu
will tell you the minimum and maximum sizes for this partition. On my test PC, I was told the
minimum size was 1.4GB and the maximum was 30GB. In other words, the Windows partition
had around 1.4GB of data, and I couldn’t shrink it beyond this.
You have two main considerations here: you must shrink the partition to have enough
space for Ubuntu but also maintain enough space to allow Windows to function correctly.
Although you might choose to shrink the Windows partition to its minimum size, bear in mind that Windows needs a little spare space to write temp and system files, not to mention files for
the users, such as Word documents. At the very least, you should allow around 500MB to 1GB
on top of the minimum Windows partition size recommended by Ubuntu.
A handy hint is that you can simply type 50%. This will split the free space in half, giving
50% to Ubuntu and leaving Windows with 50%. A neat and easy compromise!
Throughout the procedure, bear in mind that Ubuntu needs around 2GB to be able to
function correctly, so you should create at least this much free space.
After the resizing, the automatic partitioning tool will take over. This automatically creates
the partitions necessary for Ubuntu. You’ll see a warning about writing changes to your disk, as
well as a warning about how data may be destroyed. If you wish, you can highlight the Go Back
option to check the choices, but in nearly all cases, the default choices made by Ubuntu are
correct, so you can simply highlight Yes and hit Enter.
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