I forgot to mention that when I log in with Ubuntu (after it has been installed)
I am told of a problem with the system and it drops me to a console window but I
don't know what to do. Before I installed Ubuntu I deleted the .kde directory
as I know the system would create a new one if it wasn't there when I logged in.

I don't want to format the home partition as I have some files on there I have
not yet backed up (my external hard drive died last night).