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I'm installing Ubuntu Linux on my Windows 10 host using VirtualBox. I arrived at this page after some steps. Should I go ahead and select the first option? Will it delete files on my Virtual Machine (Ubuntu), or the Host Machine (Windows 10)? Thanks in advance.



Solution 1:[1]

Don't worry. It won't delete your files from host OS. This erasing and subsequent installation happens on the virtual OS space that you would have allocated while creating the virtual hard disk.

Solution 2:[2]

Yes. The first clears only the VHD.

!! IF YOU INSTALL IT OUT OF YOU VM, DON'T CHOOSE THIS !!

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Solution 1 Kavitha Karunakaran
Solution 2 aWebDesigner123