I'd like to have a play with Ubuntu Server Edition.
Currently I have one HDD that I wish to use for Ubuntu and one HDD already formatted as NTFS that is full of data (data needs to be kept and also needs to be read/write from Ubuntu, data includes an installation of XP Pro, but once I've copied the data I need off, the hdd can be reformatted and paritioned as something more Ubuntu friendly.)
What would you suggest is the best way forward when installing? I'm a complete Ubuntu/Linux newbie as you can probably guess!
I've read that getting Ubuntu to read NTFS partitions is quite hard, plus I don't want to compromise the data that's already stored.
Many Thanks
Currently I have one HDD that I wish to use for Ubuntu and one HDD already formatted as NTFS that is full of data (data needs to be kept and also needs to be read/write from Ubuntu, data includes an installation of XP Pro, but once I've copied the data I need off, the hdd can be reformatted and paritioned as something more Ubuntu friendly.)
What would you suggest is the best way forward when installing? I'm a complete Ubuntu/Linux newbie as you can probably guess!
I've read that getting Ubuntu to read NTFS partitions is quite hard, plus I don't want to compromise the data that's already stored.
Many Thanks