Ubuntu installed Inside of Vista - Increase Hard drive space?

Hey guys. I got an Ubuntu 8.04 CD from a friend of mine. In the CD case, it said I could install it inside of Windows. I opend up Vista, and ran the CD, and allocated 10 Gigs to the Ubuntu installation. After a while I upgraded to 8.10.

I regret now that I did not allocate more space. Is there a way to expand how much space on the Hard drive Ubuntu uses? I would like to change it from 10 GB, to 15 or 20 GB.

Can I do this without re-installing Ubuntu, or changing any of my stuff I installed? I.E; Screenlets, Themes, etc.

Thanks.

 

Use Vista's partition management tools. Google around for how to access it. I forgot how. Probably My Computer -> Properties

 

I don't see Ubuntu or anything like that anywhere. It gives me 2 Partitions, here's screen shot.

 

Hmmm.. I don't know.. I've never done a wubi, to be honest. Try Ubuntuforums.org they can help you more.

 

It looks like the partition is empty. I take it you used Wubi for the installation? I don't know exactly how it works, but it installs linux in your C drive with a given amount of space allocated. You probably won't need more than 10gb anyway. If you have a ton of music or videos on your windos partition, you should be able to access them via Ubuntu.
Unfortunately, I can't tell you how to increase the allocated space of your current linux installation because it is burried somewhere in your C drive. For any normal partition, you go to Control Panel-Administrative Tools-Computer Managment-Storage for the Vista's partition manager. Hope that helps

 

Hmm.. As Phil17 said. Try the hidden files or try the Program Files..

 

Ok, Thanks guys. I was just wondering if it was possible. I get all my movies and music from my External Hard Drive, so they are not an issue.

Thanks.

 

All righty, then..

 

Hi I have the same problem that I installed Linux through wubi in local C. Does it make a difference in running it on Local C or dual booting (in terms of speed)? I dont mind changing my ubuntu if it matters. If dual booting had to be done how do I get it done? Once I get ubuntu running how can I access my data on local C?Im asking because I just want to access all data when I am using either ubuntu or vista. I only have one partition: local C with all my data. Sorry for all the questions im a newbie. Please help!

 

Check these dual-booting guides, should provide some usefull information.

 

Once I get ubuntu running how can I access my data on local C?Im asking because I just want to access all data when I am using either ubuntu or vista. I only have one partition: local C with all my data.

 

Wubi is odd, as it installs Ubuntu right on the Windows partition that you are running. It doesn't work like a typical dual boot, so guides geared toward this may not work. Honestly, I only spent a few minutes with it, and don't know how it works.

 

Well, do you have ntfs-3g installed? That'll allow your Linux OS to read/write NTFS drives.