Dual boot windows 7


  1. blankojames
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    win7/vista both x64
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    Dual boot windows 7


    What would be a good linux that would dual boot good with windows7?
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  3. Frostmourne
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    I wouldn't bother but try Ubuntu. 7 has everything you need and you should still enable a firewall and antivirus in Ubuntu.
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  4. Lordbob75
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    Windows 7 Ultimate x64, Mint 9
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    blankojames said:
    What would be a good linux that would dual boot good with windows7?
    Any Linux. Fedora, Ubuntu, etc.
    Just make sure to NOT install the GRUB bootloader. Use EasyBCD from W7 instead to set that.

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  6. blankojames
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    When you install linux it puts the grub on automatically doesn't it? How do you disable it?
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  7. Mercurial
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    I use ubuntu :P... but I prefer to use it on virtualbox sidebyside with my lovely 7 :P

    just for fun
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  8. stealthl
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    XP Pro sp3, Windows 7 Ultimate X64, Ubuntu 12.04 X64
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    Linux Mint 7 or 8 works great
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