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Partition software doesn't show up in Xubuntu

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  • Hard Drives
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May 26, 2014 6:58:54 PM

I installed Xubuntu 13 to the HDD. I want to partiion off part of the HDD to install windows. I've installed 3 apps (Disks, Gpartition, and KDE partition) but I can't actually find any of them in the apps list. Any other app I install I can actually find. What am I doing wrong?

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June 28, 2014 7:10:52 PM

DarkoX said:
I installed Xubuntu 13 to the HDD. I want to partiion off part of the HDD to install windows. I've installed 3 apps (Disks, Gpartition, and KDE partition) but I can't actually find any of them in the apps list. Any other app I install I can actually find. What am I doing wrong?


I feel that you would be better served by loading windows first then loading Xubuntu. That way they play nice and most of the install is automatic.
June 28, 2014 7:48:25 PM

The default partitioning software on most Linux systems is 'Gparted'

Run the command
"sudo gparted"
June 29, 2014 11:13:24 AM

Yes,G-Parted is the default partitioning software but windows tends to overwrite GRUB and can cause no end of mischief and grief.
There is a tutorial at the following address
http://lifehacker.com/5403100/dual-boot-windows-7-and-u... and here,
http://www.linuxbsdos.com/2012/05/17/how-to-dual-boot-u...
I wish you the best of luck, as I dual-boot, too. They go into more detail about the boot process and explain more eloquently than myself.
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