yes, if ubuntu is on a different physical drive or on a different partition if you are stuck with one physical drive.
No if it on the same partition as windows
The soloution, create a new fresh partition just for windows and make it about , a minimum 40GB
No. After download and burn the Ubuntu 10.10 install disk, you can either TRY Ubuntu without affecting your Windows at all, or INSTALL Ubuntu to have them both in your PC. However, to install Ubuntu, you need to be careful. Make sure not to install Ubuntu to the Windows drive. That is all.
Do you mean, install Ubuntu and not enter the BIOS? To install Ubuntu using a CD, you need to enter the BIOS, setting the CD drive as the first boot. Otherwise, the computer will still boot off the hard-drive and ignore Ubuntu on the CD drive. If you meant, install Ubuntu without removing your Windows operating system? Then you need to set up a dual-boot between Windows and Ubuntu. Search the internet for fuller instructions on creating a dual-boot. If you simply want to try using Ubuntu without making any changes to the OS already on the hard-drive, either use the CD containing Ubuntu as an ISO file, known as a Live CD. Or, look up WUBI on the internet. Wubi will allow you to download and use Ubuntu as you would any other Windows file - without making any changes to the hard-drive.
Yes absolutely one can install Ubuntu or any other OS without internet connection. Of course you have to have the Ubuntu .iso image file handy. You can install it using USB stick with universal USB installer or from the hard disk you have downloaded to. But the latest updates won't be installed without internet.
No. It is entirely possible to install and run Ubuntu on a computer without ever having run Windows on it.
Yes. Download a .deb file, and double click to install.
install ubuntu-restricted-extras from the package repositories or ubuntu software center.
Click the install as partition when installing Ubuntu.
You can update Ubuntu later as well without any issues. ... If there are other operating systems installed, you may get the option to install Ubuntu along with them in dual boot. But since your goal is to only have Ubuntu Linux on your entire system, you should go for Erase disk and install Ubuntu option. Read More:- hands-on.cloud
You could make a separate partition for Ubuntu, so creating a dual-boot. Or try the easiest method of using WUBI to install Ubuntu as a Windows file. This allows you to use Ubuntu without affecting XP or the hard-drive. Type WUBI in a browser and follow the instructions.
VirtualBox can be found in most distro's repositories. For instancesudo apt-get install virtualbox-osewill install the open source version (without certain proprietary parts like USB support) on Ubuntu and Ubuntu based systems, Issuing the command without "sudo" in front will install it on Debian and Debian-based systems (except Ubuntu, unless you are running as root).You can also download a package from VirtualBox's website.
PowerPC version of Ubuntu.
Extremely easy with Live CD . Download and burn the ISO that you want on a CD. Put the CD in your PC and restart. Boot from CD . Choose to TRY Ubuntu and Try it with nothing affect your system. Notes : 1) Burn the ISO at the smaller speed. 2) Trying Ubuntu from Live CD is much slower than when install it.