Tell me more ×  I found this question and it is very similar to
my situation. I am satisfied with zkriesse's answer but I want
to know whether data in my external hard disk would be lost
using this method. And what about Fernhill Linux Project's
method ?  Also, I downloaded the Universal USB Installer and
thought of directly installing Ubuntu to drive J: (which is my
external hard disk) but for that, I had to check "Now Showing
All Drives (BE CAREFUL)". Would anything go wrong if I go ahead
? Why does it say, "BE CAREFUL". Would anything go wrong if I
install ubuntu into drive J: directly without checking the
"Format J:\ Drive (Erases Content)" checkbox ? I repeat that I
CANNOT AFFORD TO LOSE A SINGLE BYTE OF MY DATA IN THE EXTERNAL
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Partition your HDD (resize and then Create New Partition out of
free space) Then Install everything to that Partition. You can
make two partition one for /hom