One reason why it's good to setup a dual-boot system is that some good games or programs as well as printer drivers don't work in linux even when WINE is installed. Setting a dual-boot system isn't that complicated; just understand its concept. If you only have 1 Hard drive then you'll just have to partition or divide the HD into smaller pieces.
I recommend dividing the hard drive into three parts (excluding the linux-swap, which is automatically created in ubuntu). The three parts are Windows OS, Ubuntu OS, and a Share drive (just in case you want to share files between the two Operating systems).
Okay, let's start:
1. Backup important files either by saving it to a flash drive or burning it to a disk. Trust me you don't want to be disappointed if you lose them. (First time I accidentally formatted my Windows OS empty)
2. Okay, now insert your Ubuntu Disc (Note: whether you have an Intel processor or AMD use the x86 version of Ubuntu to save you the time you spend trying to install Flash 9 using terminals and downloading 80mb files. Just stick with x86 architecture.)
3. Reboot your computer and boot up Ubuntu. (Note: make sure to make booting up from a CD is first priority. You can set this up in the BIOS, which is usually accessed by pressing the [delete] key at the time the computer turns on.)
4. Now when the Live CD is booted up, go to the Administration menu from the main menu and open up GParted or Gnome Partition Editor.
5. Divide the main hard drive into three parts (equal or unequal it's up to you)
a. Right-click on the hdd and click on Resize.6. Edit the second item and format it to "ext3"
b. Free up at least 3g for Ubuntu OS plus 1g for Share drive (total up to at least 4g's)
c. Right-click on the item you created from step c, and resize it to get another partition for the Share drive
7. Edit the third so it's "fat32"
8. Click on apply if you haven't yet
9. Close GParted and click on "Install" which is on the desktop
10. Keep going "forward" until you get to the Scanning Disks part (Note: make sure you have no USB Mass Storage plugged in to your computer because it will freeze up the installer)
11. When it's done scanning, choose the Advanced setup option
12. Click on the item that has "ext3" as the format and edit it so that it's mount is set to "/"
13. Check it for "Format" and move forward
14. Just finish the installation and there you have it. The next time you reboot your computer a DOS program will come up asking you which OS to boot.
End of tutorial
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