Dual-Boot Windows XP and Ubuntu Laptop

Transforming an XP Laptop into a Dual-Boot XP/Ubuntu Linux System

Notebook computers are generally preloaded with Windows XP, but for those of us who do considerable work in the Linux environment, a Windows-only notebook is far from ideal. I worked with Unix on Windows packages such as Uwin and Cygwin for several years, but I finally decided I wanted a full Linux installation on my notebook.