How to dual boot Windows XP and Linux (XP installed first) -- the step-by-step guide with screenshots

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James Bannan05 June 2008, 6:13 PM

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How to dual-boot Windows XP and Linux, on a system where you have already installed XP. Easy step-by-step tutorial that doesn't assume prior knowledge of Linux.

Updated 5 June 2008 to use Ubuntu 8.04 and Windows XP SP3

Scenario: You want the simplest way to dual-boot XP and Linux. You've already installed Windows XP and now want to dual-boot it with Ubuntu 8.04

Summary of tutorial: This is an updated tutorial (we previously used Ubuntu 7.04 and GPartEd (GNOME Partition Editor), but in this tutorial, we'll use Ubuntu 8.04 to make space on the XP partition and then use the GRUB bootloader to dualboot XP and Ubuntu.

This tutorial has been tested on a VMWare Workstation 6.0.3 virtual machine.

Continue to page 2: Boot Ubuntu from the Live CD

Page 1 Intro

Page 2 Boot Ubuntu from the Live CD

Page 3 Make room on the disk for Ubuntu

Page 4 Set up Ubuntu