you can do it either way (win first or 2nd) however, I'vehad the best
luck puttingWindows on there first.
What I tend to do (on an all-blank hard drive) is use Linux-basedpartitioning
tool (via LIVE CD) and manually create 4 partitions
a) create one NTFS partition for the Windows install.In my experience, put this
at the 'front' of the drive
- some folks like to create a partition at this pointthat can be used by both
Linux and Windows.I would go with NTFS
if not, then go on to create your 3 basic Linux partitions (swap first, then /,
then /home)
b) Install Windows OS. It "should" detect the "C:" drive as having just the
sameamount of disk space that you allocated to it when you created the initial
NTFS partition.The MS Installer will consider that entire space the drive, and
not worry about the other partitions.
c) Install Linux using "manual"Partitioningscheme. During the process, it
should detect that you have Windows also installed on the drive and it will ask
you if you want to export anything over from Windows to Linux. I usually say
'no' to this and continue.