Second HDD

ok so today i though i'd try ubuntu and i liked it, so i thought i'd install it on the slave HDD which is 250gb, and then i dident want the boot loader coming up all the time because my father uses the computer so i though i should get away with ubuntu so i put in the xp disk went into recover mode and used the fixmbr command

ok so the boot loaders gone but my second hdd is gone, well its their but i cant access it or see it in my computer all i have is my C drive

and if i go into my control panel>administrative tools>computer management. i can see the second hdd in disk managment but i have 2gb of unallocated partition? and i have no idea why im abit confused.

i've done some google searching and nothings helped. can anyone help? thanks. :)

When you set up ubuntu you have to make sure GRUB is your main boot loader and not Windows. It will then give you a boot menu option. you will not be able to swap back and forth without running a VM. just so you know.

If I am wrong please let me know.

grab you a copy of Acronis Disk Director. it has a boot selector that you can set to always go to windows unless you hit a certain key combo when booting and then you can select ubuntu.

great thanks for that, i'll do that later, but is there anyway i can install ubuntu on my slave hdd without loseing it when i boot up windows?

No. Linux uses a different File System than Windows.

ugh shame, so im guessing a partition wont work.

there ARE ways of doing it…You could set it up as FAT32(not reccomended)

You could make the linux partition like 20GB and leave the rest for windows.

ok i've done it now thanks for the help :)