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DiskDrive has 4 partitions C: D: E: F: C: drive has Windows Xp and D: drive is completely free. How I can install UBUNTU 14.04 LTS on D: drive and which partition and mount type I should use ,so will my data lost on drive other E: and F:?

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This is an old quedtion but an answer was never accepted, and it misses an important point, it's possible to install Ubuntu alongside Windows in the Windows partition. Now I don't know if that includes a D drive or can only be done on the C drive but the Ubuntu install lives on the NTFS partition and (assuming sufficient free space) does not require any other partitioning.

Here's an interesting question where the user does not see this option and why/how to fix it.

Here is a great question with a very technical long answer,search for "alongside"

I am not certain this is an option any longer in Ubuntu 15 but for situations where Windows is on a logical partition it should be an option when installing Ubuntu 14.10.

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You can't install Ubuntu on D: drive. The D: drive is just a partition that Windows calls D:. Get rid of the D: partition and make a partition with the ext4 filesystem for Ubuntu. Turn the D: drive into free space THEN make the ext4 filesystem with the free space.

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  • How to turn free space ,there are asking for select drive to install and what type of partition and mount type and it will lost my another drive data ? – Swapnil Jul 08 '14 at 02:13
  • You only have one drive; C, D, E, and F are all partitions, not different drives. – John Scott Jul 08 '14 at 17:12
  • I've done but as I thought root is taken D: drive but accidentally I keep E drive to swap and don't set size it takes whole drive to swap, I've lost E drive. – Swapnil Jul 08 '14 at 17:23
  • Wow I would have liked to know how that turned out, until I read this previous comment I was wondering where swap was going to do. You can in theory install Ubuntu on a single partition but it's not a good idea because we still want a swap partition and ideally at least separate /home from / There are solutions (at least up to Ubuntu 14) where you could install Ubuntu alongside Windows, in the same partition! May not always work but good to be aware of. Sorry you lost your E drive, shows the value of always reading the screen very carefully. And it's possible OP had multiple drives :) – JimLohse Jan 25 '16 at 03:17