Partition software doesn't show up in Xubuntu

[DarkoX]

I installed Xubuntu 13 to the HDD. I want to partiion off part of the HDD to install windows. I've installed 3 apps (Disks, Gpartition, and KDE partition) but I can't actually find any of them in the apps list. Any other app I install I can actually find. What am I doing wrong?

 

[reyomtrebor]

I installed Xubuntu 13 to the HDD. I want to partiion off part of the HDD to install windows. I've installed 3 apps (Disks, Gpartition, and KDE partition) but I can't actually find any of them in the apps list. Any other app I install I can actually find. What am I doing wrong?

I feel that you would be better served by loading windows first then loading Xubuntu. That way they play nice and most of the install is automatic.

 

[skittle]

The default partitioning software on most Linux systems is 'Gparted'

Run the command
"sudo gparted"

 

[reyomtrebor]

Yes,G-Parted is the default partitioning software but windows tends to overwrite GRUB and can cause no end of mischief and grief.
There is a tutorial at the following address
http://lifehacker.com/5403100/dual-boot-windows-7-and-ubuntu-in-perfect-harmony and here,
http://www.linuxbsdos.com/2012/05/17/how-to-dual-boot-ubuntu-12-04-and-windows-7/
I wish you the best of luck, as I dual-boot, too. They go into more detail about the boot process and explain more eloquently than myself.