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Ubuntu 10.10, just like most Linux distributions, will happily co-exist on a hard disk drive with just about any version of Windows. This is a concept known as dual-booting. Essentially, when you power up your PC you will be presented with a menu that provides the option to boot either Ubuntu or Windows. Obviously you can only run one operating system at a time, but it is worth noting that the files on the Windows partition of your disk drive will be available to you from Ubuntu regardless of whether your Windows partition was formatted using NTFS, FAT16 or FAT32.
When the system reboots the screen below will appear providing the option to boot either Windows or Ubuntu:
[[Image:ubuntu_10.10_windows_boot_menu.jpg|Windows/Ubuntu dual boot menu]]
Press Enter to boot Ubuntu. If you wish to boot Windows use the keyboard arrow keys to select the Windows option. If you choose to boot Ubuntu the operating system will load and the Ubuntu login screen will appear (unless the automatic login option was selected). Enter the user name and password you set up during the installation process and you will be logged into the Ubuntu Desktop environment.
== Accessing the Windows Partition from Ubuntu ==
In order to provide access to the Windows partition, Ubuntu has essentially mounted it as a Linux folder. Once mounted, the filesystem also appears as an icon on the Ubuntu desktop. In order to unmount this filesystem when you have finished accessing the Windows files you needed, simply click on the eject style button next to the filesystem in the left hand pane of the file manager window, or right click on the desktop icon and select Unmount from the resulting menu.
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