How do I partition my Hard drive to install Kubuntu?
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I am a complete newbie to partitioning and I would like some guidance here. Can anyone explain what exactly I should be doing here?
I am installing Kubuntu 12.04 on a currently Windows 7 laptop. My current Partitions say this:
/dev/sda
/dev/sda1 ntfs 104 MB 35 MB
/dev/sda2 ntfs 319965 MB 87164 MB
Basically, what I want is some guidance on what exactly to do here. All I want is a partition for my OS (Which will be Kubuntu 12.04) and a partition for all of my data. I also want to restart fresh with my hard drive, with only what I mentioned on here. I am installing Kubuntu from a flash drive (I set it up as a bootable device with Universal-USB-Installer-1.9.0.9), as I do not have any blank CDs/DVDs to burn to.
- What should I name my partitions?
- What should I set the type as?
- What size do they need to be?
Edit: My hard drive is 320GB. Just looked it up in my BIOS. This computer will mainly be used for internet browsing and overall just messing around with the Linux OS.
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