How can i install Xp and Fedora On Same Pc? -

I have windows xp installed on my C Drive, and it is NTFS, now i want Fedora Core or Fedora 7 to be installed on D: Drive, Which is nTFS, i know i have to change D to ext3 or ext2 to install it, I want to ask that, if i install fedora can i switch between Xp and Linux, i mean can i use both windows, and will my other drivees appears on both OS, Fat32 and NTFS, Is there any chance of loosing Data of other Drives, as my data is too much important and i cannot take risk to lose data on my E and F drive, i have 9 GB on C: and 9.5 GB on D: and i think it is enuf for basic installation for fedora And Anyone Can please guide me which steps should i take to install fedora safely,

Backup all the required data on your D drive to some other drive. (This is because you will be required to format your D drive while installation) Now, insert Fedora CD/DVD and boot from that. Follow instructions, and choose quot;create custom layoutquot;. Now it will show a picture of your hard disk with all partitions. Delete D drive and create required partitions to install Fedora (at least 2, one ext3 for / and one for the swap. Swap should roughly be around twice your RAM.) Proceed with installation of fedora core. Yes, you can have both Windows XP and Fedora Core in your system. You cannot see Linux drives in Windows. But you can see all drives in Linux. For this, you need to install NTFS patch for Linux and have to make some modifications to /etc/fstab file in Linux.

When you format your D:\ drive to ext3/ext2, you will lose the files that were on it. However, as long as you did nothing to the C:\ drive, it ll remain untouched. After it s formatted and partitioned, just install Fedora to the drive and whenever you start up your computer it should ask you which OS you d like to boot into. Of course, before you engage in any serious computer alterations, it s highly recommended you back-up your files. You might want to burn important files to a CD, or back them up in some way. Here s a link to help you: http://www.justlinux.com/forum/showthrea... Good luck!

Hi, If your create free space of what drive you want...you can install Fedora 7 without any problems. You can shrink your ntfs partition (if needed) with partition magic. Just make sure that you have free (un-partition)space to install Fedora. During the install of Fedora 7, it will see the un-partition space and it will use it. Its safe and you will not loose your windows os. -R.

Why not you try this following software. It called Virtual PC which runs safely with in Windows XP itself. All you need is to make sure you have sufficient RAM to your PC. It is the future. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/product...